?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Consultations+of+health+service+providers+amongst+patients+of+pulmonary+tuberculosis+from+an+urban+area&rft.creator=Pardeshi%2C+Geeta+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Aims%3A+To+describe+the+number%2C+types+and+reasons+of+consultations+amongst+patients+of+pulmonary+tuberculosis+from+an+urban+area.+Settings+and+Design+Cross+sectional+study+was+conducted+amongst+new+patients+of+pulmonary+tuberculosis+initiated+on+DOTS+at+District+Tuberculosis+Centre+(DTC)%2C+Yavatmal+from+January+to+June+2006.+Material+and+Methods%3A+The+data+regarding+consultations+were+collected+along+a+time+line.+The+reasons+for+consultations+were+studied+by+in-depth+interviews.+Statistical+analysis%3A+Logistic+regression+analysis+and+transcripts+of+interviews.+Results+and+Conclusions+A+total+of+55+patients+were+studied+in+whom+median+duration+between+first+consultation+to+treatment+initiation+was+15+days.+A+majority+of+cases+(87.27%25)+had+first+consulted+a+private+practitioner.+A+total+of+32+patients+reported+more+than+two+consultations+and+19+had+consulted+more+than+two+private+health+service+providers.+Amongst+the+movements+between+consultations%2C+a+majority+were+from+private+to+government.+Only+++four+patients+had+come+to+DTC+without+any+prior+consultation.+Many+patients+came+to+government+health+service+provider+on+their+own+when+the+symptomatic+treatment+prescribed+by+the+private+practitioners+did+not+relieve+their+symptoms&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2008-11-24&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6302%2F1%2F2008-3-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pardeshi%2C+Geeta+S++(2008)+Consultations+of+health+service+providers+amongst+patients+of+pulmonary+tuberculosis+from+an+urban+area.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6302%2F