Differences in health care seeking behaviour between rural and urban communities in South Africa

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Van Der Hoeven, Marinka ^a   Kruger, Annamarie ^a   Greeff, Minrie ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Health care seeking behaviour; Quality; Rural community; Urban community

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EQUITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCOME; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

NORTH WEST PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84861965209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-31     Document Type: Article

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