Predictors of health-care utilization among children 6-59 months of age in zambézia province, Mozambique

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 493-500

  Bayham, Mary ^a   Blevins, Meridith ^a,b,c   Lopez, Melanie ^d   Olupona, Omo ^e   González Calvo, Lazaro ^a,b   Ndatimana, Eliseé ^b   Green, Ann F ^a,b   Moon, Troy D ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Friends in Global Health LLC   (Mozambique)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d World Vision United States   (United States)

^e WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; FORECASTING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85014564716     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0233     Document Type: Article

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