Which resources pay for treatment? A model for estimating the informal economy of health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 671-679

  Wallman, Sandra ^a,c   Baker, Maia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA)   (United States)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Decisions of women; Informal economy; Mobilizing help in illness; Social resources; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MODEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIOUR; HOUSEHOLD RESOURCES; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA;

EID: 0029669881     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00412-2     Document Type: Article

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