Resource implications of the latent tuberculosis cascade of care: a time and motion study in five countries

Resource implications of the latent tuberculosis cascade of care: a time and motion study in five countries

Abstract Background The End TB Strategy calls for global scale-up of preventive treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), but little information is available about the associated human resource requirements. Our study aimed to quantify the healthcare worker (HCW) time needed to perform the...

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Main Authors: H. Alsdurf, O. Oxlade, M. Adjobimey, F. Ahmad Khan, M. Bastos, N. Bedingfield, A. Benedetti, D. Boafo, T. N. Buu, L. Chiang, V. Cook, D. Fisher, G. J. Fox, F. Fregonese, P. Hadisoemarto, J. C. Johnston, F. Kassa, R. Long, S. Moayedi Nia, T. A. Nguyen, J. Obeng, C. Paulsen, K. Romanowski, R. Ruslami, K. Schwartzman, H. Sohn, E. Strumpf, A. Trajman, C. Valiquette, L. Yaha, D. Menzies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Latent tuberculosis infection
Cascade-of-care
Time and motion study
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05220-7

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