Factors affecting decisions to seek treatment for sick children in Kerala, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 783-790

  Pillai, Rajamohanan K ^a   Williams, Sankey V ^b   Glick, Henry A ^b   Polsky, Daniel ^b   Berlin, Jesse A ^b   Lowe, Robert A ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Alternative systems of medicine; Disease severity; Health seeking behavior; Household economic status; Kerala; Maternal education

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH CARE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 0037824765     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00448-3     Document Type: Article

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