Patient and provider delay in tuberculosis suspects from communities with a high HIV prevalence in South Africa: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Meintjes, Graeme ^a,b   Schoeman, Hennie ^a   Morroni, Chelsea ^a   Wilson, Douglas ^a   Maartens, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b GF Jooste Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANK SUM TEST; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPUTUM; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44949087555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-72     Document Type: Article

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