Quality of care for patients evaluated for tuberculosis in the context of Xpert MTB/RIF scale-up

Quality of care for patients evaluated for tuberculosis in the context of Xpert MTB/RIF scale-up

Rationale: Many high-burden countries are scaling-up Xpert MTB/RIF using a hub-and-spoke model. We evaluated the quality of care for patients undergoing TB evaluation at microscopy centers (spokes) linked to Xpert testing sites (hubs) in Uganda. Objectives: To characterize the extent to which patien...

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Main Authors: Katherine Farr, Talemwa Nalugwa, Christopher Ojok, Mariam Nantale, Sarah Nabwire, Denis Oyuku, Priya B. Shete, Alvina H. Han, Katherine Fielding, Moses Joloba, Frank Mugabe, David W. Dowdy, DAJ Moore, J. Lucian Davis, Achilles Katamba, Adithya Cattamanchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405579418300676

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