Sources of healthcare financing among surgical patients in a rural Niger Delta practice in Nigeria

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dienye, P O ^a   Brisibe, S F ^a   Eke, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Financing; Health care; Niger delta; Rural clinic; Surgical patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NIGERIA; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960934175     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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