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To assess the alignment between patient care-seeking behavior and the local availability of tuberculosis diagnostic and treatment services.

August 1, 2017The Journal of Infectious DiseasesOpen Access

Using Patient-Pathway Analysis to Inform a Differentiated Program Response to Tuberculosis: The Case of Kenya

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To assess the alignment between patient care-seeking behavior and the local availability of tuberculosis diagnostic and treatment services.
Conducted a patient-pathway analysis (PPA) evaluated across both national and subnational levels covering 47 counties in Kenya.
Analyzed care initiation patterns and corresponding diagnostic and treatment capacities across public, formal private, and informal private healthcare sectors.
More than 50% of individuals initiated care within the public healthcare sector.
Nationally, fewer than 50% of patients encountered diagnostic and treatment capacity at the specific facility where they initially sought care.
Substantial disparities in diagnostic and treatment coverage were identified across different counties and healthcare facility tiers.

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Health systems analysis uncovers diagnostic gaps during initial care-seeking in individuals with tuberculosis, highlighting the need for tailored regional referral networks.

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Masini et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a718b3c6c240de38cdc2b14 https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jix381

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Implication

Health systems analysis uncovers diagnostic gaps during initial care-seeking in individuals with tuberculosis, highlighting the need for tailored regional referral networks.

Using Patient-Pathway Analysis to Inform a Differentiated Program Response to Tuberculosis: The Case of Kenya

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Using Patient-Pathway Analysis to Inform a Differentiated Program Response to Tuberculosis: The Case of Kenya

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