Landscapes of healthcare utilization during a dengue fever outbreak in an urban environment of Colombia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 191, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Casas, Irene ^a   Delmelle, Eric ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Dengue fever; Geographic information systems (GIS); Healthcare utilization

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACCESS; DEMAND AND SUPPLY; DENGUE FEVERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; UTILIZATION PATTERNS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC ACCESS; URBAN AREA;

AGE; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

CALI; COLOMBIA; VALLE DEL CAUCA;

ADULT; CITIES; COLOMBIA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 85068205060     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-019-7415-2     Document Type: Article

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