在埃斯瓦提尼 (Eswatini) 的门诊诊所和家庭多药耐药结核病管理模式的成本后果分析

Ernest Peresu1, Diana De Graeve2, J Christo Heunis3

  • 1Centre for Development Support, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

PloS one
|April 2, 2024
PubMed
概括

基于家庭的多抗药结核病 (MDR-TB) 护理模式,利用直接观察治疗 (DOT) 和注射的任务转移,被证明比基于诊所的护理更具成本效益. 这种方法为埃斯瓦提尼的患者和护理人员带来了显著的健康和经济效益.

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