Barriers to sustainable tuberculosis control in the Russian Federation health system

Barriers to sustainable tuberculosis control in the Russian Federation health system

The Russian Federation has the eleventh highest tuberculosis burden in the world in terms of the total estimated number of new cases that occur each year. In 2003, 26% of the population was covered by the internationally recommended control strategy known as directly observed treatment (DOT) compare...

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Main Authors: R.A. Atun, Y.A. Samyshkin, F. Drobniewski, N.M. Skuratova, G. Gusarova, S.I. Kuznetsov, I.M. Fedorin, R.J. Coker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2005-03-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Tuberculosis pulmonar
Prestación de atención de salud
Financiamiento de la salud
Reembolso de seguro de salud
Mal uso de servicios de salud
Terapia por observación directa
Estudios de evaluación
Federación de Rusia
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