Accelerating TB notification from the private health sector in Delhi, India

Indian Journal of Tuberculosis

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 8-12

  Kundu, Debashish ^a   Chopra, Kamal ^b   Khanna, Ashwani ^c   Babbar, Neeti ^d   Padmini, T J ^e  

^a RNTCP Medical Consultant   (India)

^b New Delhi Tuberculosis Centre   (India)

^c Delhi State TB Programme ^*  (India)

^d Assistance Programme Officer   (India)

^e Delhi State TB Programme   (India)

Author keywords

ICT; India; Nikshay; Operational research; Private sector; RNTCP; TB notification; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INDIA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84969932797     PISSN: 00195707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtb.2016.02.002     Document Type: Review

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