Care seeking behavior of chest symptomatics: a community based study done in South India after the implementation of the RNTCP.

INTRODUCTION: With the creation of the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), tuberculosis services have become decentralized and more accessible. A 1997 study prior to RNTCP implementation reported that most chest symptomatics accessed first private health care facilities and a general diss...

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Main Authors: Niruparani Charles, Beena Thomas, Basilea Watson, M Raja Sakthivel, V Chandrasekeran, Fraser Wares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2942833?pdf=render