The effect of distance to health-care facilities on childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 492-498

  Schoeps, Anja ^a   Gabrysch, Sabine ^a   Niamba, Louis ^b   Sié, Ali ^b   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa south of the Sahara; Burkina Faso; child mortality; health facilities; health services accessibility; infant mortality; population surveillance; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL; TRAVEL TIME; WALKING;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; WALKING;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 79952175785     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq386     Document Type: Article

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