A patient-centered understanding of the referral system in ethiopian primary health care units

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Abrahim, Orit ^a   Linnander, Erika ^a   Mohammed, Halima ^a   Fetene, Netsanet ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; ADULT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PATIENTS; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947294965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139024     Document Type: Article

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