Household responses to health risks and shocks: A study from rural Tanzania raises some methodological issues

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-211

  Somi, Masha F ^a   Butler, James R G ^a   Vahid, Farshid ^a   Njau, Joseph D ^b   Abdulla, Salim ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Consumption; Health shock; Household; Malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; MALARIA; RURAL AREA; USER FEE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 67649342603     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1555     Document Type: Article

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