Persistent problems of access to appropriate, affordable TB services in rural China: Experiences of different socio-economic groups

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zhang, Tuohong ^a   Tang, Shenglan ^b   Jun, Gao ^c   Whitehead, Margaret ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33847339353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-19     Document Type: Article

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