Pharmacy Data for Tuberculosis Surveillance and Assessment of Patient Management

Pharmacy Data for Tuberculosis Surveillance and Assessment of Patient Management

Underreporting tuberculosis (TB) cases can compromise surveillance. We evaluated the contribution of pharmacy data in three different managed-care settings and geographic areas. Persons with more than two anti-TB medications were identified by using pharmacy databases. Active TB was confirmed by usi...

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Main Authors: Deborah S. Yokoe, Steven W. Coon, Rachel Dokholyan, Michael C. Iannuzzi, Timothy F. Jones, Sarah Meredith, Marisa Moore, Lynelle Phillips, Wayne Ray, Stephanie Schech, Deborah Shatin, Richard Platt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
population surveillance
prescriptions
drug
patient compliance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/8/03-1075_article

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