TY - JOUR AU - Tucker, Angela AU - Mithoo, Jeniffer AU - Cleary, Paul AU - Woodhead, Mark AU - MacPherson, Peter AU - Wingfield, Tom AU - Davies, Stefanie AU - Wake, Carolyn AU - McMaster, Paddy AU - Bertel Squire, S. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/11/15 TI - Quantifying the need for enhanced case management for TB patients as part of TB cohort audit in the North West of England: a descriptive study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 881 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Patients with TB have diverse and often challenging clinical and social needs that may hamper successful treatment outcomes. Understanding the need for additional support during treatment (enhanced case management, or ECM) is important for workforce capacity planning. North West England TB Cohort Audit (TBCA) has introduced a 4-level ECM classification system (ECM 0–3) to quantify the need for ECM in the region. This study describes the data from the first 2 years of ECM classification. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4892-5 DO - 10.1186/s12889-017-4892-5 ID - Tucker2017 ER -