Disease Control
Health system delays among confirmed TB cases in Spain associated with various factors
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, December 4th, 2005
"Health system delay (HSD) is an important issue in tuberculosis (TB) control. This report investigates HSD and associated factors in a cohort of Spanish culture-confirmed TB patients. Data were collected from clinical records," researchers in Spain report.
"Using logistic regression with two different cut-off points to define HSD (median and 75th percentile), adjusted odds ratios were used to estimate the association between HSD and different variables.
"A total of 5184 culture-confirmed TB cases were included. Median and 75th...
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