Health care seeking among pulmonary tuberculosis suspects and patients in rural Ethiopia: A community-based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yimer, Solomon ^a,b   Holm Hansen, Carol ^c   Yimaldu, Tilahun ^b   Bjune, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Amhara Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149138932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-454     Document Type: Article

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