Improving quality of malaria treatment services: Assessing inequities in consumers' perceptions and providers' behaviour in Nigeria

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Obikeze, Eric ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Okoronkwo, Ijeoma ^a   Onwujekwe, Ogochukwu C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIN;

DRUG; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 77957653899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-9-22     Document Type: Article

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