Active patients in rural African health care: Implications for research and policy

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-95

  Leonard, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Agency in health care; asymmetric information; rational peasant; rural health care

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

AFRICA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84891603181     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs137     Document Type: Article

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