Does quality influence utilization of primary health care? Evidence from Haiti

Globalization and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Gage, Anna D ^a   Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Bitton, Asaf ^a   Jerome, J Gregory ^b   Joseph, Jean Paul ^b   Thermidor, Roody ^c   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Zanmi Lasante   (Haïti)

^c Ministry of Health   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Health systems; primary health care; quality of care; service readiness; utilization; patient perception; Haiti

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; SERVICE QUALITY; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HAITI; HISPANIOLA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAITI; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 85048866474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-018-0379-0     Document Type: Article

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