Women's experiences and views about costs of seeking malaria chemoprevention and other antenatal services: A qualitative study from two districts in rural Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mubyazi, Godfrey M ^a,b   Bloch, Paul ^c   Magnussen, Pascal ^c   Olsen, Øystein E ^c   Byskov, Jens ^c   Hansen, Kristian S ^d   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949465382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-54     Document Type: Article

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