The economic impact of visceral leishmaniasis on rural households in one endemic district of Bihar, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Sarnoff, Rhonda ^a   Desai, Jaikishan ^b   Desjeux, Philippe ^c   Mittal, Atul ^d   Topno, Roshan ^e   Siddiqui, Niyamat Ali ^e   Pandey, Arvind ^f   Sur, Dipika ^g   Das, Pradeep ^e  

^a Institute for OneWorld Health   (United States)

^b Research for Development India   (India)

^c Institute for OneWorld Health   (Switzerland)

^d Institute for OneWorld Health   (India)

^e RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f National Institute of   (India)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Bihar; Household economic burden; Stratified multistage sample; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENDEMISM; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LEISHMANIASIS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL SOCIETY; SAMPLING; WAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 77953227569     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02516.x     Document Type: Article

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