Treatment-seeking behaviour in urban Sri Lanka: Trusting the state, trusting private providers

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1396-1407

  Russell, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Private services; Quality of care; Sri Lanka; Treatment seeking; Trust

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

BEHAVIOR; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SRI LANKA; TRUST; URBAN AREA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SRI LANKA; STATE MEDICINE; TRUST; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; COLOMBO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; WORLD;

EID: 22244462377     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.11.077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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