Treatment-seeking behaviour, cost burdens and coping strategies among rural and urban households in Coastal Kenya: An equity analysis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 673-686

  Chuma, Jane ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Molyneux, Catherine ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophic; Coping strategies; Cost burdens; Equity; Kenya

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; COST; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCOME; KENYA; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SELF CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247197119     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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