Monitoring the impact of decentralised chronic care services on patient travel time in rural Africa - methods and results in Northern Malawi

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Houben, Rein M G J ^a,b   Van Boeckel, Thomas P ^c,d   Mwinuka, Venance ^a   Mzumara, Peter ^e   Branson, Keith ^b   Linard, Catherine ^c,d   Chimbwandira, Frank ^f   French, Neil ^g   Glynn, Judith R ^b   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d FNRS   (Belgium)

^e Karonga District Hospital   (Malawi)

^f Ministry of Health HIV/AIDS unit   (Malawi)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DECENTRALIZATION; GPS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; MODELING; TRACKING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL TIME; VILLAGE;

KARONGA; MALAWI;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALAWI; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TIME; TRAVEL;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALAWI; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84868676809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-11-49     Document Type: Article

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