Survey of tuberculosis hospitals in China: Current status and challenges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Du, Jian ^a,b   Pang, Yu ^c   Liu, Yuhong ^a,b   Mi, Fengling ^a,b   Xu, Shaofa ^a,b   Li, Liang ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Infirmary of Administrative Office   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PREVALENCE; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84909606194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111945     Document Type: Article

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