Diagnostic and treatment delay among Tuberculosis patients in Afar Region, Ethiopia
A cross-sectional study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15381136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mulugeta Belay (0000-0001-6901-0037, University of Oslo, corresponding author), Gunnar Bjune (0000-0002-1231-6817, University of Oslo), Gobena Ameni (0000-0003-3987-0671, Addis Ababa University), Fekadu Abebe (0000-0002-4368-1593, University of Oslo) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 369-369 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-369 |
| PMID | 22621312 |
| PMCID | PMC3444375 |
| OpenAlex | W2054605323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 12 |
There is a long delay in the diagnosis and initiation of treatment and this was mainly attributable to the health system. Health system strengthening towards improved diagnosis of TB could reduce the long health system's delay in the management of TB in the study area
Biostatistics · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Health facility · Health services · Logistic regression · Multivariate analysis · Population · Public health · Tuberculosis · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Nursing · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,73 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |