Potential impact of task-shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda

• Main Authors: Stergachis Andy (Author), Kambugu Andrew (Author), Lamorde Mohammed (Author), Castelnuovo Barbara (Author), Babigumira Joseph B (Author), Easterbrook Philippa (Author), Garrison Louis P (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lower-income countries face severe health worker shortages. Recent evidence suggests that this problem can be mitigated by task-shifting--delegation of aspects of health care to less specialized health workers. We estimated the poten...