Decision-making process of Kala Azar care: Results from a qualitative study carried out in disease endemic areas of Nepal

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Adhikari, Shiva R ^a   Supakankunti, Siripen ^b   Khan, M M ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Kala Azar; Nepal; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NEPAL; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; SELF CARE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84930188868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-2-14     Document Type: Article

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