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Year:: 2017
Contributor:: Ibrahim, Wanis H. (author); Alousi, Faraj H. (author); Al-Khal, Abdulatif (author); Bener, Abdulbari (author); AlSallman, Ahmad (author); Aamer, Aaiza (author); Khaled, Ahmed (author); Raza, Tasleem (author)
Genre:: posters
Subject:: Qatar; Tuberculosis; Global Health; Diagnosis

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Abstract:: In addition to increasing morbidity and mortality of the source case, delay in pulmonary TB (PTB) diagnosis can lead to multiple secondary cases. It is estimated that a single untreated smear-positive case can lead to more than ten secondary cases annually. Early diagnosis of PTB is thus of paramount importance. Although the delay in PTB diagnosis is common to both high- and low-income countries, the magnitude of the problem seems more in the latter and can reach up to 185 days or higher. Qatar has the highest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in the world (2014 estimates) and the highest per capita health expenditure in the Gulf Cooperation Council. TB remains a common health problem in the state of Qatar with an incidence of 40/100,000 populations per year. About 97% of TB patients are expatriates (mostly from Asian countries with high TB prevalence). The objectives of this study were to determine the mean and median delays in the diagnosis of PTB and identify patient and health-system reasons for these delays in this wealthy nation.

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Ibrahim, Wanis H., Alousi, Faraj H., Al-Khal, Abdulatif, et al., "Diagnostic delay among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in a high gross domestic product per capita country: reasons and magnitude of the problem" (2017). Global Health Research Day. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:697812/

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Diagnostic delay among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in a high gross domestic product per capita country: reasons and magnitude of the problem