Do consumers' preferences for improved provision of malaria treatment services differ by their socio-economic status and geographic location? A study in southeast Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Uguru, Nkoli P ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna E ^a,b   Tasie, Nnenna G ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin S ^a   Ezeoke, Uche E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONSUMER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77449118074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-7     Document Type: Article

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