Linkage to care among adults being investigated for tuberculosis in South Africa: pilot study of a case manager intervention.
Noriah MarabaViolet ChihotaKerrigan McCarthyGavin J ChurchyardAlison D GrantPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Many people testing for TB need linkage to care. Despite case manager support, non-linkage into HIV care remained higher than desirable, suggesting a need to modify this intervention before implementation. Innovative strategies to enable linkage to care are needed.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- genome wide
- south africa
- randomized controlled trial
- hiv testing
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- pain management
- affordable care act
- emergency department
- gene expression
- mass spectrometry
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- hiv aids
- high resolution
- single molecule
- electronic health record