Socioeconomic status overrides age and gender in determining health-seeking behaviour in rural Bangladesh

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-117

  Ahmed, Syéd Masud ^a   Tomson, Göran ^b   Petzold, Max ^c   Kabir, Zarina Nahar ^b  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult, Socioeconomic factors; Age factors; Aged; Bangladesh; Health expenditures; Health services utilization; Patient acceptance of health care

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13744260554     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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