Socio-economic differences in preferences and willingness to pay for different providers of malaria treatment in southeast Nigeria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-429

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a,b   Ojukwu, Juliana ^c   Ezumah, Nkoli ^b   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^b   Dike, Nkem ^b   Soludo, Eze ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MONEY; NIGERIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33750583579     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.421     Document Type: Article

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