The determinants of traditional medicine use in northern Tanzania: A mixed-methods study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Stanifer, John W ^a   Patel, Uptal D ^a,b   Karia, Francis ^c   Thielman, Nathan ^a   Maro, Venance ^c   Shimbi, Dionis ^c   Kilaweh, Humphrey ^c   Lazaro, Matayo ^c   Matemu, Oliver ^c   Omolo, Justin ^d   Boyd, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^d Tanga Aids Working Group   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TANZANIA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; AFRICAN MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84929464950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122638     Document Type: Article

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