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Temporal Trends in Tuberculosis Hospitalization Rates Before and After Implementation of Directly Observed Therapy: New York City, 1988–1995
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
New York City hospitalization rates were analyzed to investigate whether tuberculosis (TB) hospitalizations declined after implementation of directly observed therapy QOOT) for TB. TB hospitalization rates mirrored incidence rates in pattern but not in magnitude. Rates have declined significantly following widespread implementation of DOT in 1993.
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