Utilization of Health Care Services for Childhood Morbidity and Associated Factors in India: A National Cross-Sectional Household Survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a   Sathyanarayana, T N ^b   Kumar, H N Harsha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY;

EID: 84871347832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051904     Document Type: Article

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