Directly Observed Therapy Reduces Tuberculosis-Specific Mortality: A Population-Based Follow-Up Study in Taipei, Taiwan

• Yung-Feng Yen,

  Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Muh-Yong Yen,

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Yi-Ping Lin,

  Affiliation Taipei Databank for Public Health Analysis, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Hsiu-Chen Shih,

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Lan-Huei Li,

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control and Prevention, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Pesus Chou,

  Affiliation Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chung-Yeh Deng

  * E-mail: cydeng@ym.edu.tw

  Affiliation Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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