Care seeking in tuberculosis: Results from a countrywide cluster randomised survey in Bangladesh

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hossain, Shahed ^a   Zaman, K ^a   Quaiyum, Abdul ^a   Banu, Sayera ^a   Husain, Ashaque ^b   Islam, Akramul ^c   Borgdorff, Martien ^d,e   Van Leth, Frank ^d,f  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b DGHS   (Bangladesh)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^f KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SPUTUM SMEAR; URBAN AREA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZATION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901936023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004766     Document Type: Article

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