The cost of medical care and people's health-seeking behaviour before being suspected of tuberculosis in three local health systems, Nicaragua

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1330-1336

  Macq, Jean ^a   Solis, A ^b   Ibarra, M ^b   Martiny, P ^a   Dujardin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE NICARAGUA   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Access to TB diagnosis; Central America; Cost to the patient; Health seeking behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICARAGUA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NICARAGUA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 10044277134     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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