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Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 929-938

Differences in hospital admissions for males and females in northern Uganda in the period 1992-2004: a consideration of gender and sex differences in health care use

Author keywords

Conflict; Disease burden; Health care delivery; Inequality; Sex; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 34547131075     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (7)

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