Community care workers, poor referral networks and consumption of personal resources in rural South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sips, Ilona ^a   Haeri Mazanderani, Ahmad ^b,c   Schneider, Helen ^d   Greeff, Minrie ^e   Barten, Francoise ^a   Moshabela, Mosa ^f,g  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^e NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

CAREGIVERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84899730990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095324     Document Type: Article

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