A study of malaria care provider choice in Ghana

Health Policy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 389-401

  Dzator, Janet ^a   Asafu Adjaye, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care provider choice; Malaria; Multinomial logit model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, HERBAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACISTS; POVERTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242775481     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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