Healthcare-seeking behaviour in rural Ethiopia: Evidence from clinical vignettes

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mebratie, Anagaw D ^a   Van De Poel, Ellen ^b   Yilma, Zelalem ^a   Abebaw, Degnet ^c   Alemu, Getnet ^d   Bedi, Arjun S ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Ethiopian Economics Association   (Ethiopia)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE SEEKING BEHAVIOUR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84896863804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004020     Document Type: Article

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