Open AccessDirectly observed therapy and treatment completion for tuberculosis in the United States: is universal supervised therapy necessary?
Author(s) -
Ronald Bayer,
Catherine Stayton,
Moı̈se Desvarieux,
Cheryl Healton,
Sheldon H. Landesman,
WeiYann Tsai
Publication year - 1998
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.88.7.1052
Subject(s) - directly observed therapy , medicine , tuberculosis , population , demography , environmental health , pathology , sociology
This study examined the relationship between directly observed therapy and treatment completion rates in the years before and after infusion of federal funding for tuberculosis (TB) control in 1993.
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