Exploring the interface between first and second level of care: Referrals in rural Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-111

  Nordberg, E ^a   Holmberg, S ^a   Kiugu, S ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

developing countries; health services research; Kenya; primary health care; referral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA;

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICE UTILISATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

KENYA, MERU DISTRICT;

EID: 0029669885     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-2.x     Document Type: Article

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