Infant mortality due to acute respiratory infections: The influence of primary care processes

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 214-223

  Reyes, Hortensia ^a   Perez Cuevas, Ricardo ^a   Salmeron, Jorge ^a   Tome, Patricia ^a   Guiscafre, Hector ^a   Gutierrez, Gonzalo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEXICO; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMERICAS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEXICO; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030800674     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/12.3.214     Document Type: Article

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