Urban settings do not ensure access to services: Findings from the immunisation programme in Kampala Uganda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Babirye, Juliet N ^a,b   Engebretsen, Ingunn Ms ^b   Rutebemberwa, Elizeus ^a   Kiguli, Juliet ^a   Nuwaha, Fred ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barriers; Health system; Immunisation; Mixed methods; Public health; Resources; Service delivery; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; UGANDA;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UGANDA; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84898602004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-111     Document Type: Article

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