Movement disability: Situations and factors influencing access to health services in the northeast of Thailand

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 47, 2014, Pages 168-174

  Wongkongdech, A ^a   Laohasiriwong, Wongsa ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Domain of accessibility; Health service; Movement disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; PROGENY; SPOUSE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND;

EID: 84925940066     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v12i3.13709     Document Type: Article

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