Association between Health Systems Performance and Treatment Outcomes in Patients Co-Infected with MDR-TB and HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Implications for TB Programmes

To improve the treatment of MDR-TB and HIV co-infected patients, we investigated the relationship between health system performance and patient treatment outcomes at 4 decentralised MDR-TB sites. In this mixed methods case study which included prospective comparative data, we measured health system...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 4; p. e94016
Main Authors:	Loveday, Marian, Padayatchi, Nesri, Wallengren, Kristina, Roberts, Jacquelin, Brust, James C. M., Ngozo, Jacqueline, Master, Iqbal, Voce, Anna
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.04.2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome AIDS Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use Attitude of Health Personnel Biology and Life Sciences Case studies Catchment Area (Health) Clinical outcomes Coinfection - epidemiology Condensates Correlation Correlation coefficient Correlation coefficients Data collection Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Disease control Disease Management Drug resistance Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Resistance, Multiple Drug Resistance, Viral Drug therapy Ethics Health Health aspects Health care Health services HIV HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV patients Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Integration Laboratories Medicine and Health Sciences Multidrug resistant organisms Patients Politics Primary care Prospective Studies Qualitative analysis Qualitative Research Quality Indicators, Health Care South Africa Treatment Outcome Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology South Africa
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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