Open Access<p>Longer Delays in Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Pastoralist Setting, Eastern Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Fentabil Getnet,
Meaza Demissie,
Alemayehu Worku,
Tesfaye Gobena,
Rea Tschopp,
Berhanu Seyoum
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s258186
Subject(s) - medicine , pastoralism , confidence interval , tuberculosis , somali , pediatrics , demography , ecology , livestock , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , biology , sociology
This study aimed to assess the extent of patient, health system and total delays in diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Somali pastoralist setting, Ethiopia.