![]() Individuals were identified based on the date of treatment initiation and all eligible patients’ medical records were reviewed. Eligible patients were identified from an electronic database maintained by the Technical Unit of the National TB Control Program in Peru, where all patients treated for MDR TB are automatically registered. Study Design A retrospective cohort study was conducted to compare MDR TB outcomes among patients who received standardized versus individualized treatment regimens. The final analysis population comprised 1,658 individuals. Patients missing a programmatically-determined treatment outcome (n=269) or who did not have bacteriologically-determined laboratory outcome (n=1224) were excluded from analysis. All individuals at least 18 years old with a treatment start date during the study period were examined for programmatic- and laboratory-based outcomes (n=2961). Study Population All adult TB patients in Peru who initiated treatment for MDR TB between August 1996 and March 2002 were eligible to be included in the study. ![]() Target Population Areas UMA is designed to target low-to-moderate income homeowners and address the needs of a homeowner’s specific situation in lieu of targeting certain regions or counties.
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