Cohort analysis of directly observed treatment outcomes for tuberculosis patients in urban Pakistan

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-96

  Akhtar, Saeed ^a,b   Rozi, S ^b   White, F ^b,c   Hasan, R ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Pacific Health and Development Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cure rate; DOT; Log binomial regression model; Pakistan; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650146857     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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