Quality of tuberculosis care and its association with patient adherence to treatment in eight Ethiopian districts

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 457-466

  Mesfin, Mengiste M ^a   Newell, James N ^a   Walley, John D ^a   Gessessew, Amanuel ^b   Tesfaye, Tassew ^c   Lemma, Frew ^d   Madeley, Richard J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Department for Diseases Prevention and Control of Tigray Region ^*  (Ethiopia)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease control; Public sector; Quality of care; Treatment adherence; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis programme

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 70350455360     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp030     Document Type: Article

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