Direct and indirect costs of the acute form of lymphatic filariasis to households in rural areas of tamil nadu, south india

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-115

  Ramaiah, K D ^a   Ramu, K ^a   Guyatt, Helen ^b   Vijar Kumar, K N ^a   Pani, S P ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic burden; India; Lymphatic filariasis; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LYMPHANGITIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031892788     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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