Revisiting current "barefoot doctors" in border areas of China: System of services, financial issue and clinical practice prior to introducing integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Li, Xiuyun ^a   Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi ^b   Xia, Xiaoling ^a   Sangsupawanich, Pasuree ^b   Zheng, Wenjing ^a   Ma, Keling ^a  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clinical competency; Health service; Integrated management of childhood illness; Village doctor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864743541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-620     Document Type: Article

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