Socio-economic factors affecting the success of tuberculosis treatment in six counties of Shandong Province, China

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 440-446

  Xu, Lingzhong ^a   Gai, R ^b   Wang, X ^a   Liu, Z ^c   Cheng, J ^a   Zhou, C ^a   Liu, J ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Li, H ^a   Tang, W ^a,d  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Shandong Provincial Tuberculosis Control Center   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; DOTS; Rural area; Treatment success; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77950322346     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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