Financial hardship in settling medical bills among households in a semi-urban community in northwest Nigeria;Difficultées financières à honorer les frais médicaux pour des ménages dans une communauté semi urbaine au nord-est du Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-18

  Sambo, M N ^a   Idris, S H ^a   Bashir, S S ^a   Muhamma, J B ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Financial; Hardship; Medical bills; Settling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895930324     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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