The economic burden of malaria on households and the health system in Enugu state southeast Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Onwujekwe, Obinna ^a   Uguru, Nkoli ^a   Etiaba, Enyi ^a   Chikezie, Ifeanyi ^a   Uzochukwu, Benjamin ^a   Adjagba, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NIGERIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892576127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078362     Document Type: Article

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