Barriers to TB care for rural-to-urban migrant TB patients in Shanghai: A qualitative study

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 754-760

  Wei, Xiaolin ^a,c   Chen, Jing ^b   Chen, Ping ^b   Newell, James N ^a   Li, Hongdi ^b   Sun, Chenguang ^b   Mei, Jian ^b   Walley, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of Shanghai   (China)

^c TB Control Shanghai Changning Centre for Disease Control ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Access; China; Health system; Migrants; Tuberculosis; Urban health

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

EID: 68149181662     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02286.x     Document Type: Article

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