Tuberculosis
Findings from Harvard University Advance Knowledge in Tuberculosis
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 31st, 2011
2011 MAY 31 -- In this recent study, researchers in Boston, United States conducted a study "To evaluate a support program for patients co-infected with the human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis in terms of its impact on clinical outcomes and resource utilization. We compared co-infected patients receiving Community-Based Accompaniment with Supervised Antiretrovirals (CASA) with matched patients receiving standard of care (control group) in two health districts of Lima, Peru."
"We recorded clinical outcomes, costs of the intervention, and health care utilization by each patient during 24 months of follow-up. There were 33 patients in each group,...
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