Cost implications of delays to tuberculosis diagnosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mesfin, Mengiste M ^a   Newell, James N ^a   Madeley, Richard J ^b   Mirzoev, Tolib N ^a   Tareke, Israel G ^c   Kifle, Yohannes T ^d   Gessessew, Amanuel ^e   Walley, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Diseases Prevention and Control of Tigray Regional Administration ^*  (Ethiopia)

^e MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77951097004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-173     Document Type: Article

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