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

• Hoofdauteurs: Reina Yoshikawa (Auteur), Lisa Kawatsu (Auteur), Kazuhiro Uchimura (Auteur), Akihiro Ohkado (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: 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 disc...