Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda

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dc.contributor.advisorSinanovic, Edinaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOwiny, Vincenten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-08T08:06:27Z
dc.date.available2014-11-08T08:06:27Z
dc.date.issued2002en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 47-49.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractTuberculosis is the leading infectious killer of people living with HIV/AIDS. Millions of tuberculosis deaths could be prevented by the widespread use of the less expensive strategy of directly observed treatment (DOT). The cost-effectiveness of DOT however varies with its method of supervision. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of community-based and self-supervision strategies of DOT in Maracha, Arua District, Uganda. Patients', community's and health system's costs were obtained through interviews and expenditure statements. For effectiveness measures, historical follow-up of the cohort belonging to each the tB treatmentt supervison strategy was done. Systematic random sampling was done to identify the 20 patients from each treatment strategy for interviews to estimate their treatment costs. Due to low number of patients in the available TB registers, all the 129 patients were enrolled for the study. The findings showed that community-based supervision of DOT was a more cost-effective TB treatment supervision option than that by self-supervision and was therefore recommended to Maracha HSD and Arua District for more support and expansion. However, the accuracy of this study was limited by method used and generalizability of the results could be affected by the small sample size.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationOwiny, V. (2002). <i>Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9371en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationOwiny, Vincent. <i>"Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9371en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOwiny, V. 2002. Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Owiny, Vincent AB - Tuberculosis is the leading infectious killer of people living with HIV/AIDS. Millions of tuberculosis deaths could be prevented by the widespread use of the less expensive strategy of directly observed treatment (DOT). The cost-effectiveness of DOT however varies with its method of supervision. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of community-based and self-supervision strategies of DOT in Maracha, Arua District, Uganda. Patients', community's and health system's costs were obtained through interviews and expenditure statements. For effectiveness measures, historical follow-up of the cohort belonging to each the tB treatmentt supervison strategy was done. Systematic random sampling was done to identify the 20 patients from each treatment strategy for interviews to estimate their treatment costs. Due to low number of patients in the available TB registers, all the 129 patients were enrolled for the study. The findings showed that community-based supervision of DOT was a more cost-effective TB treatment supervision option than that by self-supervision and was therefore recommended to Maracha HSD and Arua District for more support and expansion. However, the accuracy of this study was limited by method used and generalizability of the results could be affected by the small sample size. DA - 2002 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2002 T1 - Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda TI - Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9371 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9371
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationOwiny V. Cost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Uganda. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2002 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9371en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Healthen_ZA
dc.titleCost effectiveness of community-based (DOT) and self-supervised treatment of tuberculosis in Maracha Arua, Ugandaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMPHen_ZA
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