Care-seeking and appropriate treatment for childhood acute respiratory illness: an analysis of Demographic and Health Survey and Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey datasets for high-mortality countries

Background Acute lower respiratory illness (ALRI) is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality among children under 5. Antibiotic treatment for ALRI is inexpensive and decreases case fatality, but care-seeking patterns and appropriate treatment vary widely across countries. This study sought t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC public health Jg. 14; H. 1; S. 446
Hauptverfasser:	Mosites, Emily M, Matheson, Alastair I, Kern, Eli, Manhart, Lisa E, Morris, Saul S, Hawes, Stephen E
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	London BioMed Central 12.05.2014 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Africa - epidemiology Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Asia - epidemiology Bacterial infections Biostatistics Caregivers Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Cluster Analysis Complications and side effects Cost of Illness Cross-Sectional Studies Datasets Datasets as Topic Demography - methods Demography - statistics & numerical data Developing countries Dosage and administration Environmental Health Epidemiology Estimates Fatalities Female Global health Health aspects Health Behavior Health care Health Surveys - methods Humans Illnesses Immunization Infant Infant, Newborn LDCs Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Pathogens Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Pneumonia Polls & surveys Public Health Public sector Research Article Respiratory Tract Infections - drug therapy Respiratory Tract Infections - epidemiology Streptococcus infections Surveys Vaccine Vaccines United States > US Asia Nepal Africa High mortality countries Antibiotic treatment Acute lower respiratory infection Child health
ISSN:	1471-2458, 1471-2458
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