Do patients with tuberculosis referred from a tertiary care referral centre reach their peripheral health institution?

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 332-334

  Khandekar, Jyoti ^a   Acharya, Anita Shankar ^a   Tilak, H R ^a   Sharma, Amit ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL HEALTH INSTITUTION; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904388269     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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