Comparing delay in treatment seeking for TB between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to understand the health-seeking behaviour of rural-to-urban migrants with chronic cough in Chongqing city, and compare this with the permanent urban population taking into account the socioeconomic factors influencing delays in access to healthcare in urban China.

Citation

Wang, Y.; Long, Q.; Liu, Q. Comparing delay in treatment seeking for TB between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China. Journal of Tropical Medicine (2008) 13 (7) 927-933.

Comparing delay in treatment seeking for TB between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China.

Published 1 January 2008