Factors associated with patient and provider delays for tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Cai, Jing ^a   Wang, Xianhua ^a   Ma, Aiguo ^a   Wang, Qiuzhen ^a   Han, Xiuxia ^a   Li, Yong ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONSULTATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY DELAY; TRAVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MICROBIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPUTUM;

ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84926328006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120088     Document Type: Article

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