High pre-diagnosis attrition among patients with presumptive MDR-TB: an operational research from Bhopal district, India

High pre-diagnosis attrition among patients with presumptive MDR-TB: an operational research from Bhopal district, India

Abstract Background Pre-diagnosis attrition needs to be addressed urgently if we are to make progress in improving MDR-TB case detection and achieve universal access to MDR-TB care. We report the pre-diagnosis attrition, along with factors associated, and turnaround times related to the diagnostic p...

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Main Authors: Hemant Deepak Shewade, Arun M Kokane, Akash Ranjan Singh, Manoj Verma, Malik Parmar, Ashish Chauhan, Sanjay Singh Chahar, Manoj Tiwari, Sheeba Naz Khan, Vivek Gupta, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Mukesh Nagar, Sanjai Kumar Singh, Pradeep Kumar Mehra, Ajay MV Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant/diagnosis
Tuberculosis, multidrug-resistant/prevention and control
Diagnosis, delayed
Operational research
India
Attrition
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2191-6

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