Household costs of seeking outpatient care in Egyptian children with diarrhea: A cross-sectional study

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Barakat, Abeer ^a   Halawa, Eman Fawzy ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Economic burden; Egypt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGYPT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84874402918     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.42.1989     Document Type: Article

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