The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: Implications for reaching international access targets

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Larson, Bruce A ^a,b,c,d   Amin, Abdinasir A ^d   Noor, Abdisalan M ^d   Zurovac, Dejan ^d,e   Snow, Robert W ^d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; BENFLUMETOL; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; SESQUITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COMBINATION; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME CARE; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEVER; FLUORENES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LACTONES; MALARIA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SESQUITERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846643567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-314     Document Type: Article

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