Determinants of health status and the influence of primary health care services in Latin America, 1990-98

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-292

  Moore, David ^a   Castillo, Eliana ^a   Richardson, Chris ^a   Reid, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status; Latin America; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; READING; SAFETY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-PERTUSSIS VACCINE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WOMEN;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 0345874626     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.731     Document Type: Article

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