Costs associated with tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Yemen for patients and public health services;Coûts associés au diagnostic et au traitement de la tuberculose pour les patients et les services de santé publics au yémen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 393-398

  Othman, G Q ^a   Ibrahim, M I M ^b   Raja'a, Y A ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TUBERCULOSIS; X RAY; ADULT; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YEMEN;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YEMEN;

EID: 84864777682     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.4.393     Document Type: Article

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