Determinants of provider choice for malaria treatment: Experiences from The Gambia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 487-496

  Wiseman, Virginia ^a   Scott, Anthony ^b   Conteh, Lesong ^a   McElroy, Brendan ^c   Stevens, Warren ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Malaria; Provider choice; The Gambia; Treatment seeking demand

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAMBIA; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; SELF CARE;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 47249099724     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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