Impact of the patient-provider relationship on the survival of foreign born outpatients with tuberculosis

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 437-445

  Gardam, Michael ^a,b   Verma, Geetika ^b   Campbell, Ann ^a   Wang, Jun ^c   Khan, Kamran ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication barrier; Mortality; Survival analysis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 70449533128     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-008-9221-8     Document Type: Article

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