Association between health systems performance and treatment outcomes in patients co-infected with MDR-TB and HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for TB programmes.

Association between health systems performance and treatment outcomes in patients co-infected with MDR-TB and HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: implications for TB programmes.

To improve the treatment of MDR-TB and HIV co-infected patients, we investigated the relationship between health system performance and patient treatment outcomes at 4 decentralised MDR-TB sites.In this mixed methods case study which included prospective comparative data, we measured health system p...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marian Loveday, Nesri Padayatchi, Kristina Wallengren, Jacquelin Roberts, James C M Brust, Jacqueline Ngozo, Iqbal Master, Anna Voce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981751?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3981751?pdf=render

Similar Items