%0 Journal Article
%T Treatment Delay and Total Delay among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in the North of Iran: Application Survival Data Analysis
%A Afsane Fendereski
%A Jamshid Yazdani-Charati
%A Mohammad Sadegh Rezai
%A Nadia Alipour
%A Soraya Mohammadi
%J Archive of "Tanaffos".
%D 2017
%X Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death among infectious diseases worldwide. Identifying the factors associated with the treatment delay and total delay would be helpful in the prevention of tuberculosis and in reducing the burden on the health care system. The objective of this study was to assess the treatment delay and total delay in TB patients and investigate the factors causing these delays
%K Tuberculosis
%K Cox Regression
%K Survival
%K Treatment Delay
%K Total Delay
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5473378/