Public–private mix for tuberculosis care and control a systematic review》.pdf

International Journal of Infectious Diseases 34 (2015) 20–32 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Infectious Diseases jou r nal h o mep ag e: w ww .elsevier .co m/loc ate/ijid Review Public–private mix for tuberculosis care and control: a systematic review a a,* b b a a Xun Lei , Qin Liu , Erin Escobar , Johane Philogene , Hang Zhu , Yang Wang , Shenglan Tang b a China Effective Health Care Network, School of Public Health and Management, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China b Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA A R T I C L E I N F O S U M M A R Y Article history: Background: Public–private mix (PPM), recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), was Received 16 September 2014 introduced to cope with the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic worldwide. In many developing countries, PPM Received in revised form 15 November 2014 has played a powerful role in TB control, while in others it has failed to meet expectations. Thus we Accepted 18 February 2015 performed a systematic review to determine the mechanisms used by global PPM programs Corresponding Editor: Eskild Petersen, implemented in different countries and to evaluate their performance. Aarhus, Denmark Methods: A comprehensive search of the current literature for original studies published up to May