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Identify socioeconomic, gender, and healthcare system determinants of diagnostic delay among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

April 1, 2001Tropical Medicine & International Health

Socio‐economic, gender and health services factors affecting diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia

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Identify socioeconomic, gender, and healthcare system determinants of diagnostic delay among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Conducted in-depth interviews on health-seeking behaviour with 202 adults registered with pulmonary tuberculosis at the centralized Chest Clinic in Lusaka, Zambia.
The median diagnostic delay was 8.6 weeks, with a mean delay of 9 weeks.
Diagnostic delay was significantly associated with female sex, lower educational attainment, over six health-seeking encounters, outpatient diagnosis, and consultations with private practitioners or traditional healers.

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Observational study reveals significant tuberculosis diagnostic delays linked to female sex and private provider care, highlighting the need to decentralize public screening services.

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Needham et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a948e238a34ecf4723433 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00709.x

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Observational study reveals significant tuberculosis diagnostic delays linked to female sex and private provider care, highlighting the need to decentralize public screening services.

Socio‐economic, gender and health services factors affecting diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia

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Socio‐economic, gender and health services factors affecting diagnostic delay for tuberculosis patients in urban Zambia

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