Geographic accessibility to health facilities predicts uptake of community-based tuberculosis screening in an urban setting

Geographic accessibility to health facilities predicts uptake of community-based tuberculosis screening in an urban setting

Objectives: Annually, more than 30% of individuals with tuberculosis (TB) remain undiagnosed. We aimed to assess whether geographic accessibility measures can identify neighborhoods that would benefit from TB screening services targeted toward closing the diagnosis gap. Methods: We used data from a...

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Main Authors: Helen E. Jenkins, Sally Ayuk, Daniela Puma, Meredith B. Brooks, Ana Karina Millones, Judith Jimenez, Leonid Lecca, Jerome T. Galea, Mercedes Becerra, Salmaan Keshavjee, Courtney M. Yuen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
TB diagnosis
Distance to health facility
Spatial
Intervention
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971222002302

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