Prioritizing health problems in women in developing countries: Comparing the financial burden of reproductive tract infections, anaemia and depressive disorders in a community survey in India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-139

  Patel, Vikram ^a,b   Chisholm, Daniel ^c   Kirkwood, Betty R ^a   Mabey, David ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b World Health Organization ^*

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Costs of illness; Developing countries; Women

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; WOMENS HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRICK TEST; RANDOMIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845773361     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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