Treatment results among tuberculosis patients treated by private lung specialists involved in a public-private mix project in Vietnam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1139-1146

  Quy, H T ^a   Lönnroth, Knut ^b   Lan, N T N ^a   Buu, T N ^a  

^a Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intervention; Private health care; Private public mix; Treatment outcome; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC SECTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 0348169567     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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