TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient-pathway analysis of tuberculosis services in Cameroon
AU - Titahong, Collins N.
AU - Ayongwa, Gideon N.
AU - Waindim, Yvonne
AU - Nguafack, Dubliss
AU - Kuate, Albert Kuate
AU - Wandji, Irene Adeline Goupeyou
AU - Wringe, Alison
AU - Mbassa, Vincent
AU - Sander, Melissa S.
AU - Mitchell, Ellen M. H.
N1 - FTX ; DOAJ
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In Cameroon, in 2019, tuberculosis (TB) treatment coverage was estimated at 53%, indicating that almost half of all people sick with TB were not diagnosed or linked to care. To inform strategies to improve access to TB services, we conducted an evaluation of the alignment between patient-initiated care-seeking behavior and spatial and institutional allocation of TB services. Data sources included the Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey (2018), the Health Facility List (2017), and routinely collected TB surveillance data. Data visualization was performed in Tableau and QGIS. The pathway analysis showed that only an estimated 9% of people attended a health facility providing TB services at initial care-seeking, with access varying from
AB - In Cameroon, in 2019, tuberculosis (TB) treatment coverage was estimated at 53%, indicating that almost half of all people sick with TB were not diagnosed or linked to care. To inform strategies to improve access to TB services, we conducted an evaluation of the alignment between patient-initiated care-seeking behavior and spatial and institutional allocation of TB services. Data sources included the Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey (2018), the Health Facility List (2017), and routinely collected TB surveillance data. Data visualization was performed in Tableau and QGIS. The pathway analysis showed that only an estimated 9% of people attended a health facility providing TB services at initial care-seeking, with access varying from
KW - tuberculosis
KW - patient-pathway analysis (PPA)
KW - care-seeking
KW - Cameroon
KW - ENGAGEMENT
KW - AMBITION
KW - INFORM
KW - CARE
U2 - 10.3390/tropicalmed6040171
DO - 10.3390/tropicalmed6040171
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
VL - 6
JO - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
SN - 2414-6366
IS - 4
M1 - 171
ER -