Unaffordable or cost-effective?: Introducing an emergency referral system in rural Niger

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 879-887

  Bossyns, Paul ^a,d   Abache, Ranaou ^b,e   Abdoulaye, Mahaman Sani ^b,e   Van Lerberghe, Wim ^c  

^a Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d District de Formation de Ouallam ^*  (Belgium)

^e Ministere de la Sante Publique   (Niger)

Author keywords

Acessibility; Communication; Cost effectiveness; Emergency transport; Referral system

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COST; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; INVESTMENT; NIGER; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AMBULANCES; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; NIGER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 24744449102     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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