Outpatient care utilization in urban Kerala, India

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-301

  Levesque, Jean Frédéric ^a,b,f   Haddad, Slim ^b,d,e,f   Narayana, Delampady ^b,c,g   Fournier, Pierre ^b,e,f  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e Université Claude Bernard ^*  (Canada)

^f Unite de Sante Internationale   (Canada)

^g INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Developing countries; Poverty; Primary health care; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745655595     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czl013     Document Type: Article

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