Empirical evidence of delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: systematic review and meta-regression analysis

• Main Authors: Segun Bello (Author), Rotimi Felix Afolabi (Author), David Taiwo Ajayi (Author), Tarang Sharma (Author), Deborah Olamiposi Owoeye (Author), Omobola Oduyoye (Author), Joseph Jasanya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis are a major set-back to global tuberculosis control. There is currently no global evidence on the average delays thus, the most important contributor to total delay is unknown. We aimed to estimate average delay measures...