Morbidity pattern, health care utilization and per capita health expenditure in a rural population of Tamil Nadu

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 259-262

  Rajaratnam, J ^a,b   Abel, R ^a,b   Duraisamy, S ^a,b   John, K R ^a,c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Ruhsa Department   (India)

^c Department of Community Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030276004     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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