Poverty, inequality and health: the challenge of the double burden of disease in a non-profit hospital in rural Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 461-468

  Accorsi, Sandro ^a   Kedir, Nejmudin ^b   Farese, Pasquale ^a   Dhaba, Shallo ^c   Racalbuto, Vincenzo ^d   Seifu, Abera ^c   Manenti, Fabio ^e  

^a Italian Cooperation   (Ethiopia)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c Oromiya Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^d Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo   (Italy)

^e St Luke Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Communicable diseases; Disease burden; Ethiopia; Healthcare; Non communicable diseases; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449091475     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.11.027     Document Type: Article

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