Diagnostic and treatment delay among Tuberculosis patients in Afar Region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Belay, Mulugeta ^a,b   Bjune, Gunnar ^b   Ameni, Gobena ^a   Abebe, Fekadu ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Afar Region; Ethiopia; Health systems delay; Patients delay; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861334386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-369     Document Type: Article

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