Health-care seeking behaviour among persons with diabetes in Uganda: an interview study

Health-care seeking behaviour among persons with diabetes in Uganda: an interview study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Healthcare-seeking behaviour in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has been investigated to a limited extent, and not in developing countries. Switches between different health sectors may interrupt glycaemic control, affecting hea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Atwine Fortunate, Hjelm Katarina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2011-09-01
Series:	BMC International Health and Human Rights
Subjects:	Healthcare-seeking behaviour Diabetes Mellitus Complementary Alternative Medicine Uganda
Online Access:	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/11/11

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