When free healthcare is not free. Corruption and mistrust in Sierra Leone's primary healthcare system immediately prior to the Ebola outbreak

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 400-404

  Pieterse, Pieternella ^a   Lodge, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Corruption; Ebola; Health systems; Maternal and child health; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SIERRA LEONE; TRUST; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADULT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SIERRA LEONE; TRUST;

EID: 84959044257     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihv024     Document Type: Article

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