Could clinical audit improve the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Cuba, Peru and Bolivia?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 566-578

  Siddiqi, Kamran ^a   Volz, Anna ^b   Armas, L ^c   Otero, L ^d   Ugaz, R ^d   Ochoa, E ^c   Gotuzzo, E ^d   Torrico, F ^b   Newell, James N ^a   Walley, J ^a   Robinson, Mike ^a   Dieltiens, G ^e   Van Der Stuyft, P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Diagnosis; Professional behaviour; Quality; Smear negative TB; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; OPTIMIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOLIVIA; CUBA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROSCOPY; PERU; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOLIVIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; CUBA; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; HUMANS; PERU; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RURAL HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOLIVIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 42149148059     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02035.x     Document Type: Article

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