Cost outcome analysis of decentralized care for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Johannesburg, South Africa.

<h4>Background</h4>Drug resistant-tuberculosis is a growing burden on the South African health care budget. In response the National Department of Health implemented two important strategies in 2011; universal access to drug-sensitivity testing for rifampicin with Xpert MTB/RIF as the fi...

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Main Authors: Craig van Rensburg, Rebecca Berhanu, Kamban Hirasen, Denise Evans, Sydney Rosen, Lawrence Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217820