Factors associated with unreported tuberculosis cases in Spanish hospitals

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• 作者：Concepción Morales-García ; Teresa Rodrigo…
• 关键词：Notifications ; Under ; reporting ; Reporting ; Tuberculosis ; Spain
• 刊名：BMC Infectious Diseases
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：639 KB
• 刊物主题：Infectious Diseases; Parasitology; Medical Microbiology; Tropical Medicine; Internal Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2334

文摘

Background Under-reporting of tuberculosis (TB) cases complicates disease control, hinders contact tracing and alters the accuracy of epidemiological data, including disease burden. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the proportion of unreported TB cases in Spanish healthcare facilities and to identify the associated factors.