"When Treatment Is More Challenging than the Disease": A Qualitative Study of MDR-TB Patient Retention.
BACKGROUND:One-fifth of the patients on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment at the Drug-Resistant-TB (DR-TB) Site in Gujarat are lost-to-follow-up(LFU). OBJECTIVE:To understand patients' and providers' perspectives on reasons for LFU and their suggestions to improve retention-in-car...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4784928?pdf=render |