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Care Seeking Behavior of Chest Symptomatics: A Community Based Study Done in South India after the Implementation of the RNTCP

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  • Niruparani Charles
  • Beena Thomas
  • Basilea Watson
  • Raja Sakthivel M.
  • Chandrasekeran V.
  • Fraser Wares

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Introduction: With the creation of the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), tuberculosis services have become decentralized and more accessible. A 1997 study prior to RNTCP implementation reported that most chest symptomatics accessed first private health care facilities and a general dissatisfaction with government health facilities. The study was repeated post-RNTCP implementation to gain insight into the current care seeking behavior of chest symptomatics. Methodology: A cross-sectional community-based study carried out between March-August 2008 in 4 sites (2 rural [R] and 2 urban [U]) from the same two districts of Chennai and Madurai, southern India, as in the 1997 study. Six hundred and forty chest symptomatics were identified (R 314; U 326), and detailed interviews were done for 606 (R311; U295). Results: Prevalence of chest symptomatics in the urban and rural areas were 2.7% and 4.9% respectively (p

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  • Niruparani Charles & Beena Thomas & Basilea Watson & Raja Sakthivel M. & Chandrasekeran V. & Fraser Wares, 2010. "Care Seeking Behavior of Chest Symptomatics: A Community Based Study Done in South India after the Implementation of the RNTCP," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(9), pages 1-6, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0012379
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012379
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    1. Jessica Goldberg & Mario Macis & Pradeep Chintagunta, 2023. "Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 259-291, January.
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    4. Goldberg, Jessica & Macis, Mario & Chintagunta, Pradeep, 2018. "Leveraging Patients' Social Networks to Overcome Tuberculosis Underdetection: A Field Experiment in India," IZA Discussion Papers 11942, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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