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. 2017 Nov 6;216(suppl_7):S675-S678.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix368.

Finding the Missing Tuberculosis Patients

Daniel P Chin  1 , Christy L Hanson  1   2
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Finding the Missing Tuberculosis Patients

Daniel P Chin et al. J Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: care seeking; patient centered care; patient pathway analysis; tuberculosis.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Onion model with progressively fewer patients at points along the patient care pathway. Abbreviation: TB, tuberculosis.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Combined 13-country patient pathway analysis. Countries include India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Mozambique, and Kenya. In the formal public and private sectors, L0 refers to community level care and pharmacies; L1 refers to clinics and primary health care centers; L2 refers to lower-level hospitals; L3 refers to referral hospitals. In the informal sector, L0 refers to traditional healers and drug sellers.
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