Public health benefits of shifting from hospital-focused to ambulatory TB care in Eastern Europe: Optimising TB investments in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, and Romania.

Public health benefits of shifting from hospital-focused to ambulatory TB care in Eastern Europe: Optimising TB investments in Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, and Romania.

High rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) continue to threaten public health, especially in Eastern Europe. Costs for treating DR-TB are substantially higher than treating drug-susceptible TB, and higher yet if DR-TB services are delivered in hospital. The WHO recommends that multidrug-resis...

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Main Authors: Sherrie L Kelly, Gerard Joseph Abou Jaoude, Tom Palmer, Jolene Skordis, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Lara Goscé, Sarah J Jarvis, David J Kedziora, Romesh Abeysuriya, Clemens Benedikt, Nicole Fraser-Hurt, Zara Shubber, Nejma Cheikh, Stela Bivol, Anna Roberts, David P Wilson, Rowan Martin-Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001025&type=printable
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