Referring TB suspects from private pharmacies to the National Tuberculosis Programme: Experiences from two districts in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1147-1153

  Lönnroth, Knut ^a,b   Karlsson, M ^b   Lan, N T N ^c   Buu, T N ^c   Dieu, T T N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Case detection; Pharmacies; Public private mix; Referral system; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHARMACIES; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 0346278802     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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