Costs incurred by patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in rural India

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1281-1287

  John, K R ^a   Daley, Peter ^a   Kincler, N ^b   Oxlade, O ^b   Menzies, D ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; India; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350102834     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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