Care-seeking and quality of care for outpatient sick children in rural Hebei, China: A cross-sectional study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 541-549

  Zhang, Yanfeng ^a   Wu, Qiong ^a   Velthoven, Michelle Helena van ^b   Chen, Li ^a   Car, Josip ^b   Li, Ye ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Scherpbier, Robert W ^c  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Health and Nutrition Section   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPHENAZONE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHINESE DRUG; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; EAR DROPS; ERYTHROMYCIN; EYE OINTMENT; IBUPROFEN; IODOPHOR; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PARACETAMOL; RETINOL; RIBAVIRIN; SALBUTAMOL; SILICON DIOXIDE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AEROSOL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84892390903     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.541     Document Type: Article

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