Economic burden on families of childhood type 1 diabetes in urban Sudan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Elrayah, Hind ^a   Eltom, Mohamed ^b,c   Bedri, Ashraf ^b   Belal, Abdelrahim ^c   Rosling, Hans ^a   Östenson, Claes Göran ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health economics; Sudan; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUDAN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 25444512056     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.03.034     Document Type: Article

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