Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Chuma, Jane ^a,b   Okungu, Vincent ^a   Molyneux, Catherine ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952728019     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-144     Document Type: Article

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