TY - JOUR AU - Ukwaja, Kingsley N. AU - Alobu, Isaac AU - Nweke, Chibueze O. AU - Onyenwe, Ephraim C. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/01/17 TI - Healthcare-seeking behavior, treatment delays and its determinants among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in rural Nigeria: a cross-sectional study JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 25 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Nigeria ranks fourth among 22 high tuberculosis (TB) burden countries. Although it reached 99% DOTS coverage in 2008, current case detection rate is 40%. Little is known about delays before the start of TB therapy and health-seeking behaviour of TB patients in rural resource-limited settings. We aimed to: 1) assess healthcare-seeking behaviour and delay in treatment of pulmonary TB patients, 2) identify the determinants of the delay in treatment of pulmonary TB. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-25 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-13-25 ID - Ukwaja2013 ER -