Ethnic differentials in parental health seeking for childhood illness in Vietnam

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1118-1130

  Teerawichitchainan, Bussarawan ^a   Phillips, James F ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Children; Ethnic minority; Health inequalities; Health policy; Health seeking behavior; Poverty; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL CARE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIALISM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 38749135513     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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