Case-finding tuberculosis patients: diagnostic and treatment delays and their determinants
Maamari, F.
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 14(3): 531-545
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1020-3397 PMID: 18720617 Document Number: 201184
This study in the Syrian Arab Republic assessed the frequency and determinants of delays in diagnosis and treatment of new smear-positive tuberculosis cases at DOTS treatment centres. Among 800 patients, the mean delay due to patient care-seeking behaviour was 52.7 days (range 15-698) and the health system delay before diagnosis was 24.8 days; thus the mean total delay before diagnosis was 77.6 days. The mean delay from diagnosis to start of treatment was very short at 2.9 days.
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