Tweaked pharmacy referral model increases TB case-finding

Submitted by madhumita on Wed, 2019-06-26 17:39

25 times increase was seen in TB diagnosis when pharmacies referred symptomatic TB patients for X-ray followed by doctor consultation

thesaurus: 
Tuberculosis (TB)
India
Drug Industry
Main Topic: 
Health
Name of the Newspaper: 
Hindu (New Delhi)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
External URL: 
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/tweaked-pharmacy-referral-model-increases-tb-case-finding/article27172523.ece
Publication Date: 
19/05/2019