Can we trust measures of healthcare utilization from household surveys?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ansah, Evelyn Korkor ^a   Powell Jackson, Timothy ^b  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

Health surveys; Healthcare utilization; Pictorial diary; Recall periods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARASITEMIA; PREPAID HEALTH PLANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883896662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-853     Document Type: Article

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