Poverty, vulnerability, and provision of healthcare in Afghanistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1745-1755

  Trani, Jean Francois ^a   Bakhshi, Parul ^a   Noor, Ayan A ^b   Lopez, Dominique ^c   Mashkoor, Ashraf ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Emergency Medical Associates   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^d Ministry of Public   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

Access to care; Afghanistan; Healthcare provider choice; Perception of healthcare delivery; Poverty; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; VULNERABILITY;

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; POVERTY; RESPONSIBILITY; SCALE UP;

AFGHANISTAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACT SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

AFGHANISTAN;

EID: 77952546794     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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