Coping with the cost burdens of illness: Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in longitudinal, household research

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 69, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Goudge, Jane ^a   Gumede, Tebogo ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^a,b   Russell, Steve ^c   Tollman, Stephen M ^d   Mills, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Cost burden; Health policy; Longitudinal household research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34547781306     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950701355551     Document Type: Article

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