A temporal analysis on patient and health service delays in pulmonary tuberculosis in Portugal: inter and intra‑regional differences and in(equalities) between gender and age

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment delays increase the period of infectiousness, making TB control difficult and increasing the fatality rates. This study aimed to determine the evolution of health care service delay (time between the patient’s first contact with the health servic...

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Autores principales: Chakma, Bhaswar, Gomes, Dulce, Filipe, Patrícia A., Soares, Patrícia, de Sousa, Bruno, Nunes, Carla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9517984/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14216-3

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