Tuberculosis control and economic recession: longitudinal study of data from 21 European countries, 1991-2012

AbstractObjective To investigate whether the economic recession affected the control of tuberculosis in the European Union.Methods Multivariate regression models were used to quantify the association between gross domestic product, public health expenditure and tuberculosis case detection rates, usi...

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Main Authors: Aaron Reeves, Sanjay Basu, Martin McKee, Andreas Sandgren, David Stuckler, Jan C Semenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015000600369&lng=en&tlng=en