Open AccessWhy do tuberculosis suspects bypass local services to attend tuberculosis sanatorium?
Author(s) -
Rajeswari Ramachandran,
Malaisamy Muniyandi,
Gopi Pg,
Fraser Wares
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.68304
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , family medicine , tuberculosis , observational study , health care , pathology , economics , economic growth
The Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine (GHTM), Tambaram, in Kanchipuram district (formerly known as tuberculosis [TB] sanatorium), Tamil Nadu, draws patients from all over India although RNTCP services have been in place country-wide for a number of years.