Whose priorities count? Comparison of community-identified health problems and Burden-of-Disease-assessed health priorities in a district in Uganda

Health Expectations

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-62

  Kapiriri, Lydia ^a   Frithjof Norheim, Ole ^b  

^a University of Berge   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burden of disease; Community priorities; Nominal group technique; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; UGANDA;

EID: 0036195179     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1369-6513.2002.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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