Community understanding of the concept of pre-referral treatment and how this impacts on referral related decision-making following the provision of rectal artesunate: a qualitative study in western Uganda-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Community understanding of the concept of pre-referral treatment and how this impacts on referral related decision-making following the provision of rectal artesunate: a qualitative study in western Uganda

Published:2018-06-19 Issue:1 Volume:18 Page:
ISSN:1472-6963
Container-title:BMC Health Services Research
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Health Serv Res

Author:

Strachan C. E.^ORCID,Nuwa A.,Muhangi D.,Okui A. P.,Helinski M. E. H.,Tibenderana J. K.

Funder

Comic Relief

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Health Policy

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12913-018-3209-4.pdf

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