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Health-seeking behaviour and treatment delay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Switzerland: some slip through the net

ContributorsAuer, Christian; Kiefer, Sabine; Zuske, Meike Kathrin; Schindler, Christian; Wyss, Kaspar; Blum, Johannes; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier; Widmer, Ursula; Sauthier, Sonia; Janssens, Jean-Paul; Bossard, Katharina; Chatonnet, Christophe; Mazza-Stalder, Jesica; Začek, Bea; Zellweger, Jean-Pierre; Altpeter, Ekkehardt; Mäusezahl, Mirjam
Published inSwiss Medical Weekly, vol. 148, w14659
Publication date2018
Abstract

To assess the health-seeking behaviour, the patient delay (onset of symptoms to first consultation) and the health system delay (first consultation to start of tuberculosis treatment) among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed in Switzerland, and to assess the predictors of the various types of delay.

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AUER, Christian et al. Health-seeking behaviour and treatment delay in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Switzerland: some slip through the net. In: Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018, vol. 148, p. w14659. doi: 10.4414/smw.2018.14659
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