Has the DOTS Strategy Improved Case Finding or Treatment Success? An Empirical Assessment

Ziad Obermeyer; Jesse Abbott-Klafter; Christopher J. L. Murray

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001721

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Has the DOTS Strategy Improved Case Finding or Treatment Success? An Empirical Assessment

Ziad Obermeyer ,

*E-mail: ziad_obermeyer@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Jesse Abbott-Klafter,

Affiliation University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Christopher J. L. Murray

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Has the DOTS Strategy Improved Case Finding or Treatment Success? An Empirical Assessment

Ziad Obermeyer,
Jesse Abbott-Klafter,
Christopher J. L. Murray

Published: March 5, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001721

About the Authors

Ziad Obermeyer

*E-mail: ziad_obermeyer@hms.harvard.edu

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jesse Abbott-Klafter

Affiliation University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Christopher J. L. Murray

Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM ZO. Analyzed the data: ZO JA. Wrote the paper: CM ZO.

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