Quality of tuberculosis care in high burden countries: the urgent need to address gaps in the care cascade

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue , 2017, Pages 111-116

  Cazabon, Danielle ^a   Alsdurf, Hannah ^a   Satyanarayana, Srinath ^a   Nathavitharana, Ruvandhi ^b   Subbaraman, Ramnath ^c   Daftary, Amrita ^a,d   Pai, Madhukar ^a,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cascade of care; Quality improvement; Quality of care; Standards for TB care; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; STANDARDS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 85014658385     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.10.016     Document Type: Review

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