Perception and social consequences of tuberculosis: A focus group study of tuberculosis patients in Sialkot, Pakistan

R. Liefooghe, N. Michiels, S. Habib, M. B. Moran and A. De Muynck

Social Science & Medicine, 1995, vol. 41, issue 12, 1685-1692

Abstract: Treatment defaulting is one of the major causes of the failure of TB control programs. In Bethania Hospital. Sialkot, defaulting rates are high: 72% for the standard 12 months course and 56% for the 8 months course. Attrition is especially important in the first weeks of treatment:

Keywords: tuberculosis; focus; group; study; defaulting; risk; factors; stigmatization; cost; pregnancy; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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