The amount and value of work time of community medicine distributors in community case management of malaria among children under five years in the Ejisu-Juaben District of Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Agyei Baffour, Peter ^a   Hansen, Kristian S ^b   Browne, Edmund N L ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community case management; Community medicine distributors; Ghana; Malaria in children under five years; Value of work time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE DISTRIBUTOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; MALARIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SALARY; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864959977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-277     Document Type: Article

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