Which doctor?: Determinants of utilization of formal and informal health care in postconflict Liberia

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-591

  Kruk, Margaret E ^a   Rockers, Peter C ^b   Varpilah, S Tornorlah ^c   MacAuley, Rose ^c,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Republic of Liberia Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Liberia)

^d Management Sciences for Health   (United States)

Author keywords

basic package of health services; health care usage; health system; informal providers; Liberia; postconflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WAR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957477808     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31820f0dd4     Document Type: Article

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