"I Wasted 3 Years, Thinking It's Not a Problem": Patient and Health System Delays in Diagnosis of Leprosy in India: A Mixed-Methods Study.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Thirumugam Muthuvel (Συγγραφέας), Srinivas Govindarajulu (Συγγραφέας), Petros Isaakidis (Συγγραφέας), Hemant Deepak Shewade (Συγγραφέας), Vasudev Rokade (Συγγραφέας), Rajbir Singh (Συγγραφέας), Sanjeev Kamble (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Worldwide, leprosy is one of the major causes of preventable disability. India contributes to 60% of global leprosy burden. With increasing numbers of leprosy with grade 2 disability (visible disability) at diagnosis, we aimed to determine risk factors associated with grade 2 disability a...