Open AccessPrevalence and determinants of delay in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Darjeeling district of West Bengal
Author(s) -
Sibasis Das,
Mausumi Basu,
Ananya Mandal,
Nirmalya Roy,
Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee,
Aparajita Dasgupta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.214432
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , logistic regression , residence , tuberculosis , functional illiteracy , odds ratio , sputum , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , sociology , political science , law
Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is a significant problem both in individual as well as community level. Different studies around globe revealed that these diagnostic delays are attributed to both patient delay and health system-related delay.