Care-seeking and appropriate treatment for childhood acute respiratory illness: An analysis of Demographic and Health Survey and Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey datasets for high-mortality countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mosites, Emily M ^a   Matheson, Alastair I ^a   Kern, Eli ^a   Manhart, Lisa E ^a   Morris, Saul S ^b   Hawes, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lower respiratory infection; Antibiotic treatment; Child health; High mortality countries

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA; ASIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AFRICA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATASETS AS TOPIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84901189136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-446     Document Type: Article

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