Economic burden of malaria illness on households versus that of all other illness episodes: A study in five malaria holo-endemic Nigerian communities

Health Policy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-159

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Chima, Reginald ^a   Okonkwo, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Households; Malaria; Other illnesses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME;

COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; HUMANS; MALARIA; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0034680666     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(00)00105-6     Document Type: Article

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