Access to tuberculosis care: What did chronic cough patients experience in the way of healthcare-seeking?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 396-402

  xu, Biao ^a   Diwan, Vinod K ^b   Bogg, Lennart ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Access; China; health finance; health system; tuberculosis; user fees

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34548569222     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940601160664     Document Type: Article

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