Xpert MTB/RIF for tuberculosis testing: Access and price in highly privatised health markets

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e94-e95

  Puri, Lekha ^a   Oghor, Collins ^a   Denkinger, Claudia M ^b   Pai, Madhukar ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FIND   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID CULTURE; MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIFAMPICIN;

COMMERCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84957606847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00269-7     Document Type: Letter

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