Why tuberculosis service providers do not follow treatment guideline in Ethiopia: A qualitative study

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-93

  Mala, George ^a,b   Moser, Albine ^b,d   Dinant, Geert Jan ^b   Spigt, Mark ^b,c  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical practice guideline; decision support; non compliance; qualitative research; resource poor settings

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE; DECISION SUPPORT; NON-COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS;

DOCUMENTATION; ETHIOPIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84892591673     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12090     Document Type: Article

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