Factors leading to under-reporting of tuberculosis in the private sector in Korea

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1221-1227

  Hong, S J ^a,b   Park, Y S ^a,c   An, H ^c   Kang, S M ^b   Cho, En Hi ^a   Shin, S S ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disease notification; Mandatory reporting; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM SMEAR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865259902     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0782     Document Type: Article

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