Illness reporting and demand for medical care in rural Burkina Faso

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1693-1700

  Pokhrel, Subhash ^a   De Allegri, Manuela ^b   Gbangou, Adijma ^c   Sauerborn, Rainer ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Nouna Health Research Centre   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Demand; Health care; Heckman; Rural; Sample selection

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MODELING; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 77952547537     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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