Public and/or private health care: Tuberculosis patients' perspectives in Myanmar

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Saw, Saw ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^b   Bandyopadhyay, Mridula ^c   Sein, Than Tun ^a   Mon, Myo Myo ^a   Maung, Win ^d  

^a Department of Medical Research ^*  (Myanmar)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d National Tuberculosis Programme   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BIOGESIC; ETHAMBUTOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISONIAZID; PARACETAMOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MYANMAR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 69049112329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4505-7-19     Document Type: Article

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