Factors Influencing Early Health Facility Contact and Low Default Rate among New Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients, India

Factors Influencing Early Health Facility Contact and Low Default Rate among New Sputum Smear Positive Tuberculosis Patients, India

Early case identification and prompt treatment of new sputum smear positive case are important to reduce the spread of tuberculosis (TB). Present study was planned to study the associated factors for duration to contact the health facility since appearance of symptoms and treatment default. Methodol...

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Main Authors: Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj, Surender Kashyap, Pradeep Bansal, Dinesh Kumar, Sunil Kumar Raina, Vishav Chander, Sushant Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Pulmonary Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/132047
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