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Evaluation of a nurse practitioner-physician task-sharing model for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

BACKGROUND: Treatment success rates for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in South Africa remain close to 50%. Lack of access to timely, decentralized care is a contributing factor. We evaluated MDR-TB treatment outcomes from a clinical cohort with task-sharing between a clinical nurse pract...

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Autores principales: Farley, Jason E., Ndjeka, Norbert, Kelly, Ana M., Whitehouse, Erin, Lachman, Simmi, Budhathoki, Chakra, Lowensen, Kelly, Bergren, Ellie, Mabuza, Hloniphile, Mlandu, Ntombasekhaya, van der Walt, Martie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28783758
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182780