Completeness and consistency in recording information in the tuberculosis case register, Cambodia, China and Viet Nam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1303-1309

  Hoa, N B ^a,b   Wei, C ^c   Sokun, C ^d   Lauritsen, J M ^e,f   Rieder, Hans L ^b,g  

^a National Tuberculosis Program   (Viet Nam)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention   (China)

^d National Center for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control   (Cambodia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f EpiData Association   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Completeness; Quarterly reports; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis case register

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957058678     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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