Coping with uncertainty during healthcare-seeking in Lao PDR

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alvesson, Helle M ^a   Lindelow, Magnus ^b   Khanthaphat, Bouasavanh ^c   Laflamme, Lucie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c IRL Building   (Laos)

Author keywords

Healthcare seeking behavior; Lao PDR; Maternal and child mortality; Qualitative interviews; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR, UNCERTAINTY, MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY, QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS, LAO PDR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAOS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; UNCERTAINTY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

HEALTHCARE-SEEKING BEHAVIOR, UNCERTAINTY, MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY, QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS, LAO PDR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84879043139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-28     Document Type: Article

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