Patient and health system factors associated with pretreatment loss to follow up among patients diagnosed with tuberculosis using Xpert® MTB/RIF testing in Uganda

• Hoofdauteurs: Stella Zawedde-Muyanja (Auteur), Achilles Katamba (Auteur), Adithya Cattamanchi (Auteur), Barbara Castelnuovo (Auteur), Yukari C. Manabe (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background In 2018, Uganda started only 65% of persons with incident tuberculosis on treatment. Pretreatment loss to follow up is an important contributor to suboptimal treatment coverage. We aimed to describe the patient and health facility-level characteristics associated with pretreatmen...