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Can urban health posts manage leprosy detection and treatment after integration with general health services?--A study in Bombay. 2008

R Ganapati, and V V Pai, and A Nanda, and R R Pai

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007194	India	A country in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The capitol is New Delhi.	Republic of India
D007918	Leprosy	A chronic granulomatous infection caused by MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE. The granulomatous lesions are manifested in the skin, the mucous membranes, and the peripheral nerves. Two polar or principal types are lepromatous and tuberculoid.	Hansen's Disease,Hansen Disease
D006078	Government Programs	Programs and activities sponsored or administered by local, state, or national governments.	Government-Sponsored Programs,Government Sponsored Programs,Government Program,Government Sponsored Program,Government-Sponsored Program,Program, Government,Program, Government Sponsored,Program, Government-Sponsored,Programs, Government,Programs, Government Sponsored,Programs, Government-Sponsored
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015397	Program Evaluation	Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.	Evaluation, Program,Family Planning Program Evaluation,Program Appropriateness,Program Effectiveness,Program Sustainability,Appropriateness, Program,Effectiveness, Program,Evaluations, Program,Program Evaluations,Program Sustainabilities,Sustainabilities, Program,Sustainability, Program
D018563	Disease Notification	Notification or reporting by a physician or other health care provider of the occurrence of specified contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and HIV infections to designated public health agencies. The United States system of reporting notifiable diseases evolved from the Quarantine Act of 1878, which authorized the US Public Health Service to collect morbidity data on cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever; each state in the US has its own list of notifiable diseases and depends largely on reporting by the individual health care provider. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)	Exposure Notification,Infectious Disease Reporting,Notification, Disease,Disease Notifications,Disease Reporting, Infectious,Disease Reportings, Infectious,Exposure Notifications,Infectious Disease Reportings,Notification, Exposure,Notifications, Disease,Notifications, Exposure,Reporting, Infectious Disease,Reportings, Infectious Disease
D019033	Delivery of Health Care, Integrated	A health care system which combines physicians, hospitals, and other medical services with a health plan to provide the complete spectrum of medical care for its customers. In a fully integrated system, the three key elements - physicians, hospital, and health plan membership - are in balance in terms of matching medical resources with the needs of purchasers and patients. (Coddington et al., Integrated Health Care: Reorganizing the Physician, Hospital and Health Plan Relationship, 1994, p7)	Integrated Delivery Systems,Integrated Health Care Systems,Delivery System, Integrated,Delivery Systems, Integrated,Integrated Delivery System,System, Integrated Delivery,Systems, Integrated Delivery
D019037	Urban Health Services	Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.	Health Services, Urban,Services, Urban Health,Health Service, Urban,Service, Urban Health,Urban Health Service