Updated TB care means patients get well.
In many parts of the U.S., old-fashioned methods of TB care are imposed on patients. Some health professionals still think in terms of isolation and lifelong followup of TB patients. This causes serious interruption of patients' lives and is an inefficient use of scarce and ever-shrinking health resources. The reorganization of two clinic systems in New Jersey shows what can be done.
D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*