Understanding levels of morbidity and hospitalization in Kerala, India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 746-751

  Dilip, T R ^a  

^a CEHAT   (India)

Author keywords

Acute disease epidemiology; Chronic disease epidemiology; Cost of illness; Health care surveys; Hospitalization; India (source: MeSH, NW); Morbidity; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Rural population; Seasons; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; URBAN HEALTH;

INDIA;

EID: 0036374946     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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