Evaluation of a nurse practitioner-physician task-sharing model for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Farley, Jason E ^a   Ndjeka, Norbert ^b   Kelly, Ana M ^c   Whitehouse, Erin ^a   Lachman, Simmi ^d   Budhathoki, Chakra ^a   Lowensen, Kelly ^a   Bergren, Ellie ^a   Mabuza, Hloniphile ^e   Mlandu, Ntombasekhaya ^f   Van Der Walt, Martie ^g  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (South Africa)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Murchison District Hospital   (South Africa)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Johns Hopkins Health Education South Africa (JHHESA)   (South Africa)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHARED DECISION MAKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EVALUATION STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 85026876785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182780     Document Type: Article

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