Tuberculosis management practices of private practitioners in Pune Municipal Corporation, India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Bharaswadkar, Sandeep ^a   Kanchar, Avinash ^a   Thakur, Narendra ^b   Shah, Shubhangi ^b   Patnaik, Brinda ^c   Click, Eleanor S ^d   Kumar, Ajay M V ^e   Dewan, Puneet Kumar ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Directorate of Health Services Pune Municipal Corporation   (India)

^c Medical College   (India)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Regional Office Southeast Asia   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EFFICACY; SEROLOGY; URBAN AREA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; STANDARDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84902477993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097993     Document Type: Article

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