Examining catastrophic health expenditures at variable thresholds using household consumption expenditure diaries

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1334-1341

  Onoka, Chima A ^a   Onwujekwe, Obinna E ^a   Hanson, Kara ^b   Uzochukwu, Benjamin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophe; Nigeria; Out of pocket payment; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THRESHOLD;

ACCIDENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COST OF LIVING; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NIGERIA; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 80052908641     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02836.x     Document Type: Article

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