Economic stress and HIV-associated health care utilization in a rural region of China: A qualitative study

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 787-797

  Xu, Jie ^a,b   Sullivan, Sheena G ^a,b   Dou, Zhi ^a,b   Wu, Zunyou ^a,b   Shan, Jianguo ^b   Cao, Xiaobin ^b   Liu, Shusen ^b   Rou, Keming ^b   Pang, Lin ^b   Wang, Jianjun ^b   Su, Bin ^b   Xu, Chen ^b   Ding, Xinping ^b   Fan, Ping ^b   Zhang, Hongbo ^c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FACIAL SWELLING; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RASH; RURAL AREA; SKIN SWELLING; STIGMA; SWELLING; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD DONORS; CHINA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 41449091738     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2007.0005     Document Type: Article

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