
Why tuberculosis patients under revised national tuberculosis control programme delay in health-care seeking? A mixed-methods research from Wardha District, Maharashtra
Author(s) -
Anuj Mundra,
Pranali Kothekar,
Pradeep Deshmukh,
Amol R Dongre
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_138_18
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , tuberculosis control , medicine , family medicine , health care , environmental health , economic growth , pathology , economics
Timely treatment of tuberculosis is imperative for its control. This can get delayed due to delay in care seeking, diagnosis or treatment initiation.