Assessment of indirect cost-of-illness in a subsistence farming society by using different valuation methods

Health Policy

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 353-362

  Su, Tin Tin ^a   Sanon, Mamadou ^b   Flessa, Steffen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Household cost of illness; Indirect cost; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FARMING SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EFFICIENCY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547945463     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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