Patients pathways to tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment in a fragmented health system: a qualitative study from a south Indian district

BACKGROUND: India’s Revised National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (RNTCP) offers free TB diagnosis and treatment. But more than 50% of TB patients seek care from private practitioners (PPs), where TB is managed sub-optimally. In India, there is dearth of studies capturing experiences of TB pa...

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Autores principales: Yellappa, Vijayashree, Lefèvre, Pierre, Battaglioli, Tullia, Devadasan, Narayanan, Van der Stuyft, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28778192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4627-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28778192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4627-7

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