Potential impact of task-shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lower-income countries face severe health worker shortages. Recent evidence suggests that this problem can be mitigated by task-shifting--delegation of aspects of health care to less specialized health workers. We estimated the poten...

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Main Authors: Stergachis Andy, Kambugu Andrew, Lamorde Mohammed, Castelnuovo Barbara, Babigumira Joseph B, Easterbrook Philippa, Garrison Louis P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/9/192