Why caretakers bypass primary health care facilities for child care - A case from rural Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kahabuka, Catherine ^a   Kvåle, Gunnar ^a   Moland, Karen ^b   Hinderaker, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TANZANIA;

EID: 81155124453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-315     Document Type: Article

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