Out-of-pocket costs and other determinants of access to healthcare for children with febrile illnesses: a case-control study in rural Tanzania.

OBJECTIVES:To study private costs and other determinants of access to healthcare for childhood fevers in rural Tanzania. METHODS:A case-control study was conducted in Tanzania to establish factors that determine access to a health facility in acute febrile illnesses in children less than 5 years of...

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Main Authors: Joëlle Castellani, Borislava Mihaylova, Silvia M A A Evers, Aggie T G Paulus, Zakayo E Mrango, Omari Kimbute, Joseph P Shishira, Francis Mulokozi, Max Petzold, Jan Singlovic, Melba Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393118?pdf=render