Utilization of and barriers to public sector tuberculosis services in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 292-299

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a   Mishra, Ashish ^a   Dhingra, Saroj ^b   Venkatagopalakrishna, K ^a   Chauhan, L S ^b  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b National Consultant   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC SECTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 14244252420     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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