A study to assess catastrophic household expenditure on childhood illness in an urban slum in Bijapur

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-337

  Patil, Shailaja Sharabasappa ^a   Berad, Aditya Suryabhan ^a   Angadi, Mahabaleshwar Mahantappa ^a  

^a BLDE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catastrophic; Childhood illness; Expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649115705     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.58394     Document Type: Article

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