Private practitioners and tuberculosis control in the Philippines: Strangers when they meet?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-335

  Portero, Joel Luis ^a   Rubio, María ^a  

^a Central Chest Clinic   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Compliance; Philippines; Private practitioners; TB control

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PHILIPPINES; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TELEPHONE; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHILIPPINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0037396512     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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