Putting surveillance data into context: The role of health care utilization surveys in understanding population burden of pneumonia in developing countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 73-81

  Deutscher, Meredith ^a   Beneden, Chris Van ^a   Burton, Deron ^a   Shultz, Alvin ^b   Morgan, Oliver W ^b   Chamany, Shadi ^a,c   Jordan, Hannah T ^a,c   Zhang, Xingyou ^b   Flannery, Brendan ^a   Feikin, Daniel R ^b   Olack, Beatrice ^b   Lindblade, Kim A ^b   Breiman, Robert F ^b   Olsen, Sonja J ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Health care; Patient acceptance of health care; Pneumonia; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84864803194     PISSN: 22106006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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