Considerations in the selection of healthcare providers for mothers and children in Bo, Sierra Leone: Reputation, cost and location

International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 307-313

  Jacobsen, Kathryn H ^a   Ansumana, Rashid ^b,c   Abdirahman, Hafsa A ^a   Bockarie, Alfred S ^b,c   Bangura, Umaru ^b   Meehan, Kate A ^b   Jimmy, David H ^b,c   Malanoski, Anthony P ^d   Sundufu, Abu J ^c   Stenger, David A ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory   (Sierra Leone)

^c NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Health expenditure; Health services accessibility; Quality of health care; Sierra Leone; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPUTATION; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84870248821     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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