Delays in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis patients in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Huong, Nguyen T ^a,c   Vree, Marleen ^b,c   Duong, Bui D ^a   Khanh, Vu T ^a   Loan, Vu T ^a   Co, Nguyen V ^a   Borgdorff, Martien W ^b,c   Cobelens, Frank G ^b,c  

^a National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (Viet Nam)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIET NAM; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIETNAM;

EID: 34447096410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-110     Document Type: Article

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