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Time to first consultation, diagnosis and treatment of TB among patients attending a referral hospital in Northwest, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Early detection and treatment of TB is essential for the success of TB control program performance. The aim of this study was to determine the length and analyze predictors of patients’, health systems’ and total delays among patients attending a referral hospital in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia....

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Autores principales:	Yimer, Solomon A, Bjune, Gunnar A, Holm-Hansen, Carol
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898386/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24410927 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-19

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