Prediagnostic loss to follow-up in an active case finding tuberculosis programme: a mixed-methods study from rural Bihar, India

Objective To quantify the prediagnostic loss to follow-up (PDLFU) in an active case finding tuberculosis (TB) programme and identify the barriers and enablers in undergoing diagnostic evaluation.Design Explanatory mixed-methods design.Setting A rural population of 1.02 million in the Samastipur dist...

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Main Authors: Vivek Gupta, Tushar Garg, Dyuti Sen, Madhur Verma, Miranda Brouwer, Rajeshwar Mishra, Manish Bhardwaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/5/e033706.full