Do health systems delay the treatment of poor children? A qualitative study of child deaths in rural Tanzania

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Samuelsen, Helle ^a   Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski ^a   Mbuyita, Selemani Said ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Delay; Doctor patient relationship; Health systems; Tanzania; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873952156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-67     Document Type: Article

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