Comparing patient care seeking pathways in three models of hospital and TB programme collaboration in China

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wei, Xiaolin ^a   Zou, Guanyang ^b   Yin, Jia ^b   Walley, John ^b   Sun, Qiang ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Care pathway; China; Hospital TB collaboration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; THERAPY DELAY; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84873972262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-93     Document Type: Article

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