Does use of a government service depend on distance from the health facility?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-197

  Noorali, Rozina ^a   Luby, Stephen ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033043270     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/14.2.191     Document Type: Article

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