Treatment success rates among tuberculosis patients notified from the private sector in West Bengal, India

Treatment success rates among tuberculosis patients notified from the private sector in West Bengal, India

In India, an estimated 50% of tuberculosis (TB) patients are diagnosed and managed by private providers (PPs). However, there is limited information on treatment outcomes among those treated by PPs largely because of a lack of systems for patient follow-up and documentation of the outcomes. Tubercu...

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Main Authors: Vivek Sharma, Pruthu Thekkur, Poonam R. Naik, Brojo Kishore Saha, Niraj Agrawal, Milan K. Dinda, S. Parthiban, Abhijit Dey, Basavaraj Poojar, Amrita N. Shamanewadi, Srinath Satyanarayana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2021-02-01
Series:Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Subjects:
Operational research
private sector
SORT IT
treatment outcome
tuberculosis
Online Access:https://monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/1555

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