Provider bias in the treatment of diarrhea among boys and girls attending public facilities in Minia, Egypt

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 753-768

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrheal case management; Egypt; Gender differences; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TREATMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; SON PREFERENCE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EGYPT;

EID: 0037306403     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00072-2     Document Type: Article

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