Economic impact of chikungunya epidemic: Out-of-pocket health expenditures during the 2007 outbreak in Kerala, India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-61

  Vijayakumar, K ^a   George, Biju ^b   Anish, T S ^a   Rajasi, R S ^a   Teena, M J ^a   Sujina, C M ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Chikungunya epidemic; Economic burden of chikungunya; India; Kerala; Out of pocket health expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877682954     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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