Costs of illness and coping strategies in a coffee-growing rural district of Ethiopia

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-199

  Bogale, Tadele ^a   Mariam, Damen Haile ^a   Ali, Ahmed ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Community based studies; Cost of illness; Costs and cost analysis; Cross sectional studies; Ethiopa; Health expenditure; Healthcare costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANTATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 23244464242     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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