Can the health system deliver? Determinants of rural Liberians' confidence in health care

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 823-829

  Svoronos, Theodore ^a   Macauley, Rose Jallah ^b   Kruk, Margaret E ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence; Health systems; Liberia; Patient satisfaction; Post conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIBERIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TRUST;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION; TRUST;

EID: 84941897704     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu065     Document Type: Article

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