Cost-effectiveness of community health workers in tuberculosis control in Bangladesh

Cost-effectiveness of community health workers in tuberculosis control in Bangladesh

OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of the tuberculosis (TB) programme run by the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), which uses community health workers (CHWs), with that of the government TB programme which does not use CHWs. METHODS: TB control statistics and cost data for Jul...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Islam Md. Akramul, Wakai Susumu, Ishikawa Nobukatsu, Chowdhury A.M.R., Vaughan J. Patrick
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Serie:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Ämnen:
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/prevention and control
Community health aides/utilization
Community health aides/economics
Health personnel/utilization
National health programs/organization and administration
Rural health services/manpower
Cost-benefit analysis
Comparative study
Bangladesh
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