Determinants of children's health services utilization in the Philippines

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 269-273

  Thind, Amardeep ^a   Cruz, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PHILIPPINES; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0142217908     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.5.269     Document Type: Article

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