Factors influencing specialist care referral of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Gauteng/South Africa: A descriptive questionnaire-based study
Delay of referral; Drug resistance; South Africa; Tuberculosis
Indexed keywords
ADOLESCENT;
ADULT;
AGED;
CHILD;
COMPARATIVE STUDY;
EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS;
FEMALE;
FOLLOW UP;
HOSPITAL;
HUMAN;
MALE;
MIDDLE AGED;
PATIENT REFERRAL;
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;
QUESTIONNAIRE;
SOUTH AFRICA;
STANDARDS;
STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;
TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;
TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;
UTILIZATION;
VERY ELDERLY;
YOUNG ADULT;
ARTICLE;
EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS;
LUNG TUBERCULOSIS;
MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS;
STANDARD;
STATISTICS;
UTILIZATION REVIEW;
ADOLESCENT;
ADULT;
AGED;
AGED, 80 AND OVER;
CHILD;
EXTENSIVELY DRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS;
FEMALE;
HOSPITALS;
HUMANS;
LOST TO FOLLOW-UP;
MALE;
MIDDLE AGED;
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;
QUESTIONNAIRES;
REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;
SOUTH AFRICA;
TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;
TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;
YOUNG ADULT;
WHO Report M/XDR TB, Multi-drug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis-2010 Global report on surveillance and response Geneva: World Health Organization 2010
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