The indirect cost due to pulmonary Tuberculosis in patients receiving treatment in Bauchi State-Nigeria

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Umar, Nisser A ^a   Fordham, Richard ^a   Abubakar, Ibrahim ^b   Bachmann, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860788780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-10-6     Document Type: Article

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