Impact of a pilot mHealth intervention on treatment outcomes of TB patients seeking care in the private sector using Propensity Scores Matching—Evidence collated from New Delhi, India

Mobile health applications called Digital Adherence Technologies (DATs), are increasingly used for improving treatment adherence among Tuberculosis patients to attain cure, and/or other chronic diseases requiring long-term and complex medication regimens. These DATs are found to be useful in resource-limited settings because of their cost efficiency in reaching out to vulnerable groups (providing pill and clinic visit reminders, relevant health information, and motivational messages) or those staying in remote or rural areas. Despite their growing ubiquity, there is very limited evidence on how DATs improve healthcare outcomes. We analyzed the uptake of DATs in an urban setting (DS-DOST, powered by Connect for Life TM , Johnson 95% C.I. 1.709 to 6.996).