Quality and equity of private sector care for sexually transmitted diseases in South Africa

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 40-46

  Chabikuli, Nzapfurundi ^a   Schneider, Helen ^a   Blaauw, Duane ^a   Zwi, Anthony B ^b   Brugha, Ruairí ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Private sector; Sexually transmitted diseases; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZATHINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036929117     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/17.suppl_1.40     Document Type: Article

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