A cost analysis of implementing mobile health facilitated tuberculosis contact investigation in a low-income setting.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mobile health (mHealth) applications may improve timely access to health services and improve patient-provider communication, but the upfront costs of implementation may be prohibitive, especially in resource-limited settings.

Methods

We measured the costs of developing and implementing an mHealth-facilitated, home-based strategy for tuberculosis (TB) contact investigation in Kampala, Uganda, between February 2014 and July 2017. We compared routine implementation involving community health workers (CHWs) screening and referring household contacts to clinics for TB evaluation to home-based HIV testing and sputum collection and transport with test results delivered by automated short messaging services (SMS). We carried out key informant interviews with CHWs and a

SUBMITTER: Turimumahoro P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975098 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature