Factors affecting access to healthcare: An observational study of children under 5 years of age presenting to a rural gambian primary healthcare centre

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Rees, Claire P ^a,b   Hawkesworth, Sophie ^c,d   Moore, Sophie E ^c,d,e   Dondeh, Bai L ^c,d   Unger, Stefan A ^c,d,f  

^a Healthcare Iinnovation and Policy Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^e MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GAMBIAN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALARIA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; THERAPY DELAY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84976646199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157790     Document Type: Article

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