Treatment costs and loss of work time to individuals with chronic lymphatic filariasis in rural communities in south India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Ramaiah, K D ^a   Guyatt, Helen ^b   Ramu, K ^a   Vanamail, P ^a   Pani, S P ^a   Das, P K ^a  

^a VECTOR CONTROL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Economic; Lymphatic filariasis; Rural areas; Social

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FILARIASIS; RURAL AREA;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

INDIA;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0033062337     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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