Resource implications of the latent tuberculosis cascade of care: a time and motion study in five countries
Abstract Background The End TB Strategy calls for global scale-up of preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but little information is available about the associated human resource requirements. Our study aimed to quantify the healthcare worker (HCW) time needed to perform the...
Main Authors: | H. Alsdurf, O. Oxlade, M. Adjobimey, F. Ahmad Khan, M. Bastos, N. Bedingfield, A. Benedetti, D. Boafo, T. N. Buu, L. Chiang, V. Cook, D. Fisher, G. J. Fox, F. Fregonese, P. Hadisoemarto, J. C. Johnston, F. Kassa, R. Long, S. Moayedi Nia, T. A. Nguyen, J. Obeng, C. Paulsen, K. Romanowski, R. Ruslami, K. Schwartzman, H. Sohn, E. Strumpf, A. Trajman, C. Valiquette, L. Yaha, D. Menzies |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-04-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05220-7 |
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