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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...
Autores principales: | Yellappa, Vijayashree, Lefèvre, Pierre, Battaglioli, Tullia, Devadasan, Narayanan, Van der Stuyft, Patrick |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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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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