Health services for more than 3 weeks in long cough patients at Ba Vi district, Ha Tay province
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
healthy service, long cough
- MeSH:
Health Services;
Cough;
Patients
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;450(4):28-31
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A descriptive cross sectional study was performed on 11547 households (with 35832 persons aged ≥ 15, including 16734 males and 19095 females) in Ba Vi district, Ha Tay province. Among them 559 had a more than 3 weeks long cough without difference between 2 genders. More male subjects had got health insurance than female subjects. There were differences between 2 genders in considering other symptoms. Their majority were peasants. ** rate was higher in female than in male. The course of cough was long in male than in female subjects. Various factors such as the age, the living economic condition, moving measure, did not exert statistically significant influence. Private health facilities and home self treatment were the common services in use. For female subjects more services were used but with less quality than male
