The road to tuberculosis treatment in rural Nepal: A qualitative assessment of 26 journeys

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ten Asbroek, Augustinus H A ^a,b   Bijlsma, Merijn W ^a   Malla, Puspha ^c   Shrestha, Binjwala ^d   Delnoij, Diana M J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c National Tuberculosis Centre   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e Netherlands Institute of Health Services Research (NIVEL)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT PROGRAM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 40149090340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-7     Document Type: Article

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