Costs of a successful public-private partnership for TB control in an urban setting in Nepal

Bibliographic Data

ID15380914
AuthorsDeepak Kumar Karki (0000-0002-0392-6592, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Tolib Mirzoev (0000-0003-2959-9187, University of Leeds), Tolib N Mirzoev, Andrew T Green (University of Leeds), James N Newell, Jenny Newell (0000-0003-3175-5409, Nuffield Health), Sushil Baral (0000-0002-3425-6915, Nuffield Health), Sushil C Baral
Year2007
Volume7
Issue1
Pages84-84
Publication date2007-05-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-7-84
PMID17511864
PMCIDPMC1888703
OpenAlexW1964729305
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited13

Treating TB patients in the PPP scheme had a low additional cost, while doubling the case notification rate and maintaining a high success rate. Costs incurred by patients and their escorts were the largest contributors to the overall total. This suggests a focus for follow-up studies and for cost-minimisation strategies

Biostatistics · Control (management · Environmental health · Family medicine · General partnership · Pathology · Public health · Public–private partnership · Tuberculosis · Tuberculosis control · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Nursing · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Finance