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Delay in health-care-seeking treatment among tuberculosis patients in Japan: what are the implications for control in the era of universal health coverage?

OBJECTIVE: To study the trends in and risk factors for patient delay (the time from the onset of symptoms to the initial doctor visit) in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) using three temporal categories − short (2 weeks to < 2 months), medium (2 months to < 6 months) and long (≥ 6 months) − and di...

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Autores principales: Yoshikawa, Reina, Kawatsu, Lisa, Uchimura, Kazuhiro, Ohkado, Akihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: World Health Organization 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7829083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33537163
http://dx.doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2019.10.1.010

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