Health information for district level planning: A cross-sectional household survey in rural Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 364-369

  Nordberg, E ^a,b   Oranga, H ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SOCIAL POLICY; SURVEY DESIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

KENYA;

EID: 0030157504     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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