Do private doctors follow national guidelines for managing pulmonary tuberculosis in Pakistan?

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 776-788

  Shah, S K ^a   Sadiq, H ^a   Khalil, M ^a   Noor, A ^a   Rasheed, G ^a   Shah, S M ^a   Ahmad, N ^a  

^a Natl Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 16844366951     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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