Latent Tuberculosis Treatment Completion Rates from Prescription Drug Administrative Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pierre J. Plourde
Christopher A. Basham
Shelley Derksen
Jennifer Schultz
Scott McCulloch ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, December 2019, pp. 705-713
Description
Study of 4985 participants examine the socio-demographic and comorbidity characteristics associated with the completion of the pharmaceutical treatments for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. Findings indicate that the factors associated with non-completion include older age and which drug/treatment period is prescribed.