An integrated approach to improving the availability and utilisation of tuberculosis healthcare in rural South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 237-240

  Chimbindi, N ^a,b   Barnighausen T ^a,c   Newell, M L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875581224     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6423     Document Type: Article

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