Buchanan R J
Department of Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1997 Dec;87(12):2014-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.12.2014.
This research examined incentives implemented by public health departments to encourage tuberculosis patients to comply with tuberculosis drug regimens.
A questionnaire addressing incentives was mailed to the directors of each state's health department during May 1995. All 50 states and the District of Columbia returned questionnaires.
The survey results indicate that public health departments in almost all states are implementing the incentives advocated by tuberculosis experts.
The implementation of these incentives may help to explain why the incidence of tuberculosis resumed its long-term decline in the United States during 1993 after a decade of resurgence.
本研究调查了公共卫生部门为鼓励结核病患者遵守结核病药物治疗方案而实施的激励措施。
1995年5月,一份关于激励措施的问卷被邮寄给每个州卫生部门的负责人。所有50个州和哥伦比亚特区都回复了问卷。
调查结果表明,几乎所有州的公共卫生部门都在实施结核病专家倡导的激励措施。
这些激励措施的实施可能有助于解释为什么在经历了十年的回升之后,美国的结核病发病率在1993年又恢复了长期下降的趋势。