Transaction costs of access to health care: Implications of the care-seeking pathways of tuberculosis patients for health system governance in Nigeria

Global Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1060-1077

  Abimbola, Seye ^a,b,c   Ukwaja, Kingsley N ^d   Onyedum, Cajetan C ^e   Negin, Joel ^a   Jan, Stephen ^a,c   Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^a,c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

governance; informal providers; information asymmetry; Nigeria; transaction costs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84941809705     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1007470     Document Type: Article

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