Title |
Health system delay in pulmonary tuberculosis treatment in a country with an intermediate burden of tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-250 |
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Authors |
Anamarija Jurcev-Savicevic, Rosanda Mulic, Karlo Kozul, Bozica Ban, Jasna Valic, Ljiljana Bacun-Ivcek, Ivan Gudelj, Gordana Popijac-Cesar, Snjezana Marinovic-Dunatov, Aleksandar Simunovic |
Abstract |
Delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis increase both the severity of the disease and the duration of infectivity. A number of studies have addressed the issue of health system delays in the treatment of tuberculosis, but mostly in countries with a high or low incidence of the disease. Our understanding of delay is quite limited in settings with an intermediate burden of tuberculosis. We explore the duration and factors associated with delays in the Croatian health system which has free health care and a sufficient network of health services providing tuberculosis diagnosis and care. |
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United States | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Japan | 1 | 1% |
United States | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 84 | 98% |
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Student > Master | 18 | 21% |
Researcher | 15 | 17% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
Other | 8 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
Other | 16 | 19% |
Unknown | 15 | 17% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 49% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 15% |
Environmental Science | 3 | 3% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 7% |
Unknown | 18 | 21% |