Slow progress in diarrhea case management in low and middle income countries: Evidence from cross-sectional national surveys, 1985-2012

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T ^a   Low, Yue Peng ^b   Forsberg, Birger Carl ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case management; Child health services; Developing countries; Diarrhea; Oral rehydration therapy; Trends; Under 5 child

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DIARRHEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TREND STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85015628317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-017-0836-6     Document Type: Article

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