The economic burden of unintentional injuries: A community-based cost analysis in Bavi, Vietnam

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 62_suppl, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Thanh, Nguyen Xuan ^a   Hang, Hoang Minh ^a   Chuc, Nguyen Thi Kim ^a   Lindholm, Lars ^b  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

economic burden; income; unintentional injury; unit cost; Vietnam.

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIETNAM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542437407     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950310015103     Document Type: Article

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