STEPS - a patient centric and low-cost solution to ensure standards of TB care to patients reaching private sector in India

• Main Authors: P. S. Rakesh (Author), Shibu Balakrishnan (Author), M. Sunilkumar (Author), K. G. Alexander (Author), Shibu Vijayan (Author), Venkatesh Roddawar (Author), P. P. Pramod Kumar (Author), Jyothi Kailash (Author), Akhilesh Kunoor (Author), Midhun Rajiv (Author), Anoop John (Author), Rakesh Ramachandran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background More than half of the TB patients in India seek care from the private sector. Two decades of attempts by the National TB Program to improve collaboration between the public and private sectors have not worked except in a few innovative pilots. The System for TB Elimination in Pri...