Integration of informal medical practitioners in DOTS implementation to improve case detection rate

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Qureshi, Huma ^a   Arif, Ambreen ^b   Alam, Ejaz ^b   Qadir, Najma ^c  

^a Pakistan Medical Research Council   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMAL REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONER; INTEGRATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 74849116693     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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