Management of tuberculosis in India: Time for a deeper dive into quality

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-68

  Pai, Madhukar ^a   Das, Jishnu ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

HUMANS; INDIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84881521392     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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