Inpatient child mortality by travel time to hospital in a rural area of Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 555-562

  Manongi, Rachel ^a   Mtei, Frank ^a   Mtove, George ^b   Nadjm, Behzad ^c,d   Muro, Florida ^a   Alegana, Victor ^d   Noor, Abdisalan M ^e,f   Todd, Jim ^a   Reyburn, Hugh ^a  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Africa; Child; Hospital; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRAVEL;

TANZANIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INPATIENTS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898043898     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12294     Document Type: Article

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