To improve involvement of the private sector in the national tuberculosis (TB) programme in Pakistan various public-private mix projects were set up between 2004 and 2009. A retrospective analysis of data was made to study 6 different public-private mix models for TB control in Pakistan and estimate the contribution of the various private providers to TB case notification and treatment outcome....

A mix network achieving strong correctness and privacy is proposed. The degree of correctness and privacy are precisely stated and a formal proof of correctness is given. A grouping function is employed to achieve stronger correctness and higher efficiency without compromising strong privacy. In order to further improve the efficiency of the mix network a new batch verification technique, suita...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) control is considered primarily a public health concern, and private sector TB treatment has attracted less attention. Thus, the size and characteristics of private sector TB drug sales remain largely unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We used IMS Health data to analyze private TB drug consumption in 10 high burden countries (HBCs), after first mapping how we...

This paper analyzes the public-private mix in the Brazilian Health System from the perspective of health care delivery, utilization and financing. Moreover, this quantitative study based on secondary data from official databases contemplates the subsidies granted by the government to the private sector. It shows the existence of some inequalities favoring the population having private health pl...

cooperation of all health sectors and early diagnosis of the disease are the key factors for controlling tuberculosis. this study assesses the patterns of reported tuberculosis cases in iran.this was a cross sectional study. tuberculosis cases were defined according to world health organization and iran's national tb guidelines. final data were prepared for analysis using spss16 software.public...