The economic cost to households of childhood malaria in Papua New Guinea: A focus on intra-country variation

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-347

  Sicuri, Elisa ^a   Davy, Carol ^b,c   Marinelli, Marcella ^a,d   Oa, Olive ^b   Ome, Maria ^b   Siba, Peter ^b   Conteh, Lesong ^e,f   Mueller, Ivo ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

household costs; intra country variation; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862518878     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr046     Document Type: Article

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