Access to quality diagnosis and rational treatment for tuberculosis: real-world evidence from China-Gates Tuberculosis Control Project Phase III.

ABSTRACT:

Background

China has successfully reduced tuberculosis (TB) incidence rate over the past three decades, however, challenges remain in improving the quality of TB diagnosis and treatment. In this paper, we assess the effects of the implementation of "China National Health Commission (NHC) and Gates Foundation TB Prevention and Control Project" on the quality of TB care in the three provinces.

Methods

We conducted the baseline study in 2016 and the final evaluations in 2019 in the 12 selected project counties. We obtained TB patients' information from the TB Information Management System and reviewed medical records of TB cases in the TB designated hospitals. We compared TB diagnosis and treatment services with the national practice guideline and used Student's t-test and Pear

SUBMITTER: Li ZP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8243738 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature