Cost of DOTS for tuberculous patients

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 207-210

  Habib, Farida ^a   Baig, Lubna ^a  

^a KARACHI MEDICAL AND DENTAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33745057776     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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