Diarrhea in the Dominican Republic: Determinants of the utilization of children's health services

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-98

  Thind, Amardeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037398517     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.2.93     Document Type: Article

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