Quantifying the economic burden of malaria in Nigeria using the willingness to pay approach

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jimoh, Ayodele ^a   Sofola, Oluyemi ^b   Petu, Amos ^c   Okorosobo, Tuoyo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WELLBEING;

EID: 34250357576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-5-6     Document Type: Article

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