Treatment seeking for symptoms suggestive of TB: comparison between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China

Wang, Y., Long, Q., Liu, Q., Tolhurst, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3005-6641 and Tang, Shenglan (2008) 'Treatment seeking for symptoms suggestive of TB: comparison between migrants and permanent urban residents in Chongqing, China'. Tropical Medicine & International Health, Vol 13, Issue 7, pp. 927-933.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES 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.
METHODS Patient survey in 23 health facilities from different levels of two urban districts in Chongqing: 1005 tuberculosis (TB) suspects (229 rural-to-urban migrants and 776 permanent urban residents) were interviewed about socioeconomic status and service-seeking behaviours.
RESULTS Migrants (67.7%) delayed treatment by more than 2 weeks, as did 54.0% of urban residents (P < 0.01). The reasons given by migrants for the delay in seeking care were lack of money and lack of perceived need for care. Female TB suspects, people without health insurance, those without sufficient knowledge of TB, without full-time employment and people with low incomes also experienced longer patient delay (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS To be more effective, TB control efforts need to be better accessible to the economically and socially vulnerable.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	tuberculosis healthcare migrants china rural china pulmonary tuberculosis care-seeking health-care access epidemiology experiences diagnosis province delays
Subjects:	WB Practice of Medicine > Medical Climatology > WB 710 Diseases of geographic areas WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 200 Tuberculosis (General) WA Public Health > WA 100 General works
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02093.x
Depositing User:	Faye Moody
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2010 15:02
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2022 11:09
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/941

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