Influences on the continuity of care for patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis referred from tertiary and district hospitals

South Africa is one of the countries with the highest burden of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) in the world. The fact that adult patients diagnosed with TB frequently do not attend their primary healthcare clinics after discharge from hospital for continued treatment remains a challenge for public...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kallon, Idriss Ibrahim
Other Authors: Colvin, Christopher J
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29411