Asthma in Nigeria: Are the facilities and resources available to support internationally endorsed standards of care?

Health Policy

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-254

  Desalu, Olufemi Olumuyiwa ^a   Onyedum, Cajetan Chigozie ^b   Iseh, Kufre Robert ^c   Salawu, Fatai Kunle ^d   Salami, Alakija Kazeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asthma care; Facilities; Guidelines; Nigeria; Resources

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLOWMETER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL NEBULIZER; METERED DOSE INHALER; NIGERIA; NURSE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPIROMETER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUGS, ESSENTIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; NIGERIA;

EID: 79551575232     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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