Do poor people use poor quality providers? Evidence from the treatment of presumptive malaria in Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1087-1098

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Hanson, Kara ^b   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

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

Author keywords

Equity; Malaria; Quality; Socio economic status; Treatment; Utilisation; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; EQUITY; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 79961167440     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02821.x     Document Type: Article

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