Identifying sick children requiring referral to hospital in Bangladesh

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 65-75

  Kalter, H D ^a   Schillinger, J A ^b   Hossain, M ^c   Burnham, G ^a   Saha, S ^c   De Wit, V ^a   Khan, N Z ^c   Schwartz, B ^b   Black, R E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED APPROACH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; EVALUATION REPORT; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; TRAINING PROGRAMS; UN; UNICEF; WHO; YOUTH;

ALGORITHMS; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031827084     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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