Long distance travelling and financial burdens discourage tuberculosis DOTs treatment initiation and compliance in Ethiopia: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tadesse, Takele ^a   Demissie, Meaza ^b   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Kebede, Yigzaw ^a   Abebe, Markos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876784216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-424     Document Type: Article

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