Improving equity in malaria treatment: Relationship of socio-economic status with health seeking as well as with perceptions of ease of using the services of different providers for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Eze, Soludo ^a   Obikeze, Eric ^a   Okoli, Chijioke ^a   Ochonma, Ogbonnia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 39749145007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-5     Document Type: Article

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