Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series
Despite many serious efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a recognized public health problem. The Government of India has adopted the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (DOTS) strategy for the entire country through the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) for the treatment...
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| author | Akash Ranjan Singh Abhijit Pakhare Ashish Chauhan Abhishek Singh |
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| description | Despite many serious efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a recognized public health problem. The Government of India has adopted the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (DOTS) strategy for the entire country through the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) for the treatment of TB. In this report, we have presented the trajectories for care seeking of two TB cases who suffered from either "patient level delays" or "health system-related delays" in seeking DOTS for the treatment of TB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eaf460061f3a404c9b0d33a576deee582022-12-22T01:38:13ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632015-01-014459159310.4103/2249-4863.174300Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case seriesAkash Ranjan SinghAbhijit PakhareAshish ChauhanAbhishek SinghDespite many serious efforts, tuberculosis (TB) is still a recognized public health problem. The Government of India has adopted the Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course (DOTS) strategy for the entire country through the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) for the treatment of TB. In this report, we have presented the trajectories for care seeking of two TB cases who suffered from either "patient level delays" or "health system-related delays" in seeking DOTS for the treatment of TB.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2015;volume=4;issue=4;spage=591;epage=593;aulast=SinghDirectly Observed Treatmenthealth system-related delayspatient level delaystuberculosis (TB) |
| spellingShingle | Akash Ranjan Singh Abhijit Pakhare Ashish Chauhan Abhishek Singh Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care Directly Observed Treatment health system-related delays patient level delays tuberculosis (TB) |
| title | Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series |
| title_full | Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series |
| title_fullStr | Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series |
| title_short | Some interesting observations regarding TB patient management from a rural area of Madhya Pradesh: TB case series |
| title_sort | some interesting observations regarding tb patient management from a rural area of madhya pradesh tb case series |
| topic | Directly Observed Treatment health system-related delays patient level delays tuberculosis (TB) |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2015;volume=4;issue=4;spage=591;epage=593;aulast=Singh |
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