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Confusion, caring and tuberculosis diagnostic delay in Cape Town, South Africa

Skordis-Worrall, J.; Hanson, K.; Mills, A.

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease the Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 14(2): 171-180

2010

ISSN/ISBN: 1027-3719
PMID: 20074408
Document Number: 210157
OBJECTIVE: To explore the ways in which provider and patient behaviours interact to exacerbate diagnostic delay in Cape Town, South Africa. DESIGN: Eight focus group discussions were conducted in four urban communities, all with high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, including two with high human immunodeficiency virus co-prevalence. Groups were stratified by sex, ethnicity and TB status.

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