Patient medical costs for tuberculosis treatment and impact on adherence in China: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Long, Qian ^a,b   Smith, Helen ^c   Zhang, Tuohong ^d   Tang, Shenglan ^c,e   Garner, Paul ^c  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHINA; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79959870211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-393     Document Type: Review

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