Socio economic position in TB prevalence and access to services: results from a population prevalence survey and a facility-based survey in Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND: In Bangladesh DOTS has been provided free of charge since 1993, yet information on access to TB services by different population group is not well documented. The objective of this study was to assess and compare the socio economic position (SEP) of actively detected cases from the commu...

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Main Authors: Shahed Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Quaiyum, Khalequ Zaman, Sayera Banu, Mohammad Ashaque Husain, Mohammad Akramul Islam, Erwin Cooreman, Martien Borgdorff, Knut Lönnroth, Abdul Hamid Salim, Frank van Leth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3459948?pdf=render