Suspected tuberculosis case detection and referral in private pharmacies in Viet Nam

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1625-1629

  Vu, D H ^a,b   Van Rein, N ^a   Cobelens, F G J ^c   Nguyen, T T H ^b   Le, V H ^b   Brouwers, J R B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Viet Nam)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Free treatment; GPP; NTP; Simulated patient

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SPIRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERFORMANCE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHARMACISTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870369346     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0295     Document Type: Article

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