Seasonal and geographic differences in treatment-seeking and household cost of febrile illness among children in Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ewing, Victoria L ^a,b   Lalloo, David G ^b   Phiri, Kamija S ^a,c   Roca Feltrer, Arantxa ^a,b   Mangham, Lindsay J ^d   Sanjoaquin, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEASON; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEASONS;

EID: 79551689395     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-32     Document Type: Article

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