Private patient perceptions about a public programme; What do private Indian tuberculosis patients really feel about directly observed treatment?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pinto, Lancelot M ^a   Udwadia, Zarir F ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953682359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-357     Document Type: Article

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