Private tuberculosis care provision associated with poor treatment outcome: Comparative study of a semi-private lung clinic and the NTP in two urban districts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Lonnroth K ^a,b   Thuong, L M ^c   Lambregts, K ^d   Quy, H T ^c   Diwan, V K ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^d KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Private health care; Quality of care; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0037314712     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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