Direct costs of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients receiving treatment in Bauchi State, Nigeria

NA Umar, I Abubakar, R Fordham… - … International journal of …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: To access tuberculosis (TB) services, patients have to bear the costs of out-
of-pocket expenditures or direct costs for transport, drugs and other services that are not …

Latent tuberculosis infection in children: a call for revised treatment guidelines

SME Finnell, JC Christenson, SM Downs - Pediatrics, 2009 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND. Guidelines for latent tuberculosis infection do not consider drug-resistance
patterns when recommending treatment for immigrant children. OBJECTIVES. The purpose …

BCG vaccination and tuberculosis in Japan

M Rahman, O Takahashi, M Goto, T Fukui - Journal of epidemiology, 2003 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This paper summarizes Bacillus Calmette-Guesrin (BCG) vaccination and revaccination
policies in Japan, its cost-effectiveness, side effects, proposed selective vaccination strategy …

A systematic review of economic evaluation studies of tuberculosis control in high-income countries

JE Verdier, SJ De Vlas, R Baltussen… - … journal of tuberculosis …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death in developing countries and an important
health threat in the industrialised world. Ideally, interventions in TB control are effective …