Interactions between patent medicine vendors and customers in urban and rural Nigeria

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-182

  Brieger, William R ^a   Osamor, Pauline E ^b   Salami, Kabiru K ^b   Oladepo, Oladimeji ^b   Otusanya, Sakiru A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Client provider interaction; Medicine vendors; Observational study; Patent medicine

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

BEHAVIOR; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG PACKAGING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NIGERIA; PATENT; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES;

EID: 2442440091     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh021     Document Type: Review

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