The impact of distance of residence from a peripheral health facility on pediatric health utilisation in rural western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-61

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a,b,c   Nguyen, Ly Minh ^c   Adazu, Kubaje ^b   Ombok, Maurice ^b   Audi, Allan ^b,c   Slutsker, Laurence ^a,b   Lindblade, Kim A ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Distance; Health care utilisation; Kenya

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS;

AFRICA; ASEMBO; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58449120437     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02193.x     Document Type: Article

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