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An integrated approach to tuberculosis care in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Author(s) -

E D Riehl,

G Berenznicki,

George C. Rogers,

Rere Deas Pramudea Reza,

J. Eagan

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.67.2.162

Subject(s) - commonwealth , restructuring , tuberculosis , environmental health , incidence (geometry) , medicine , tuberculosis control , business , political science , law , finance , physics , optics , pathology

A significant economization of taxpayers resources (+5.5 million per year) is the result of a major restructuring of the tuberculosis control program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Concomitantly improved patient management has accelerated the decline in the incidence of tuberculosis while maintaining recommended federal performance standards. The reasons for the success in obtaining this high degree of efficiency are discussed.

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