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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

Mary Beth Terry ,
Moïse Desvarieux  and
Margaret Short
Mary Beth Terry
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York
Moïse Desvarieux*
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Margaret Short
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, 1300 South 2nd St., Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454
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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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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , April 2002 , pp. 221 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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