Experience on healthcare utilization in seven administrative regions of Tanzania

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kayombo, Edmund J ^a   Uiso, Febronia C ^a   Mahunnah, Rogasian L A ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Health care; Practitioners; Tanzania; Traditional and conventional medicine

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MENTAL HEALTH; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84856206751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4269-8-5     Document Type: Article

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