TY - JOUR AU - Cohen, D. B. AU - Phiri, M. AU - Banda, H. AU - Squire, S. B. AU - Namakhoma, I. AU - Desmond, N. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/17 TI - A qualitative evaluation of hospital versus community-based management of patients on injectable treatments for tuberculosis JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1127 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Patients being treated for recurrent or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) require long courses of injectable anti-tuberculous agents. In order to maintain strong TB control programmes, it is vital that the experiences of people who receive long-term injectables for TB are well understood. To investigate the feasibility of a novel model of care delivery, a clinical trial (The TB-RROC Study) was conducted at two central hospitals in Malawi. Hospital-based care was compared to a community-based approach for patients on TB retreatment in which ‘guardians’ (patient-nominated lay people) were trained to deliver injections to patients at home. This study is the qualitative evaluation of the TB-RROC trial. It examines the experiences of people receiving injectables as part of TB treatment delivered in hospital and community-based settings. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6015-3 DO - 10.1186/s12889-018-6015-3 ID - Cohen2018 ER -