Health care utilization and symptom severity in Ghanaian children - A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Krumkamp, Ralf ^a   Sarpong, Nimako ^b   Kreuels, Benno ^a,c   Ehlkes, Lutz ^a   Loag, Wibke ^a   Schwarz, Norbert Georg ^a   Zeeb, Hajo ^d   Adu Sarkodie, Yaw ^e   May, Jürgen ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893586092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080598     Document Type: Article

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