Treatment adherence among sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in mountainous areas in China

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yao, Song ^a   Huang, Wen Hui ^b   Van Den Hof, Susan ^c,d   Yang, Shu Min ^e   Wang, Xiao Lin ^f   Chen, Wei ^g   Fang, Xue Hui ^a   Pan, Hai Feng ^h  

^a Anhui Provincial TB Research Institute   (China)

^b Jiangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e GANSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f Ningxia Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g Guizhou Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^h ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RECURRENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 83455186284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-341     Document Type: Article

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