Directly Observed Therapy
"Directly Observed Therapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A treatment method in which patients are under direct observation when they take their medication or receive their treatment. This method is designed to reduce the risk of treatment interruption and to ensure patient compliance.
| Descriptor ID |
D023801
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.299 I01.880.604.528.125
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Directly Observed Therapy" by people in Profiles.
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Hu D, Juarez DT, Yeboah M, Castillo TP. Interventions to increase medication adherence in African-American and Latino populations: a literature review. Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2014 Jan; 73(1):11-8.
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Chapple W, Katz AR, Li D. Associations between national tuberculosis program budgets and tuberculosis outcomes: an ecological study. Pan Afr Med J. 2012; 12:66.