Health care seeking behavior among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Dinka Fikadu GamtesaHabteyes Hailu TolaZemedu MehamedEphrem TesfayeAyinalem Alemu

Published in: BMC health services research (2020)

Considerable proportion of patients with presumptive TB were not seeking health care from health facilities or seeks care from inappropriate sources in Ethiopia. Implementing efforts that could improve health care seeking behavior is vital to prevent prolonged disease transmission through immediate treatment commencement.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
mycobacterium tuberculosis
quality improvement
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
health information
palliative care
prognostic factors
public health
patient reported outcomes
hepatitis c virus
pulmonary tuberculosis
patient reported
adverse drug