Treatment delay and reliance on private physicians among patients with sexually transmitted diseases in China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 309-315

  Choi, Kyung Hee ^a,e   Zheng, Xiwen ^b   Zhou, Hua ^c   Chen, Weishi ^d   Mandel, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Beijing Aerospace Control Center   (China)

^c Shenzhen STD Contr Ctr in Shenzhen   (China)

^d Hlth Epidem Prev Stn G   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Health care seeking; HIV; Sexually transmitted diseases; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URETHRA DISEASE;

ASIA; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INFECTIONS; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT--DETERMINANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032898126     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914177     Document Type: Article

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