Social factors influencing hospital utilisation by tuberculosis patients in the Russian Federation: Analysis of routinely collected data

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1140-1146

  Atun, Rifat A ^a   Samyshkin, Y A ^a   Drobniewski, F ^b   Kuznetsov, S I ^c   Fedorin, I M ^c   Coker, R J ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health systems; Hospital utilisation; Russia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 26444507116     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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