Health Seeking Behavior among Patients with Tuberculosis in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung, Indonesia in November 2012

Abstract

Background: Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital is the main referral hospital in West Java, Indonesia, treating yearly 1.000 tuberculosis cases of whom most are in severe condition. The severity of the disease is probably affected by the poor patient's health seeking behavior.The objective of this study was to assess the pattern of patients with tuberculosis's health seeking behavior before being treated in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung.