Perceptions of tuberculosis and health seeking behaviour in rural Inner Mongolia, China

Health Policy

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 155-165

  Zhang, Tuohong ^a   Liu, Xiaoyun ^b   Bromley, Helen ^c   Tang, Shenglan ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Health care; Perception; Stigma; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; COMMUNITY; COUGHING; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947214378     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.12.009     Document Type: Article

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