The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis for households in Nepal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 838-841

  Rijal, S ^a,b   Koirala, S ^a   Van der Stuyft, P ^b   Boelaert, M ^b  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economic burden; Health care; Nepal; Poverty; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCOME; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33745610884     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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