Patient and health system factors associated with pretreatment loss to follow up among patients diagnosed with tuberculosis using Xpert® MTB/RIF testing in Uganda

Abstract Background In 2018, Uganda started only 65% of persons with incident tuberculosis on treatment. Pretreatment loss to follow up is an important contributor to suboptimal treatment coverage. We aimed to describe the patient and health facility-level characteristics associated with pretreatmen...

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Main Authors: Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Achilles Katamba, Adithya Cattamanchi, Barbara Castelnuovo, Yukari C. Manabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09955-0