Health seeking behaviour and health services utilization trends in National Health Survey of Pakistan: What needs to be done?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 411-414

  Shaikh, Babar T ^a   Hatcher, Juanita ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAKISTAN; PEER REVIEW; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 35348831616     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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