The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Akweongo, Patricia ^a   Dalaba, Maxwell A ^b   Hayden, Mary H ^c   Awine, Timothy ^b   Nyaaba, Gertrude N ^b   Anaseba, Dominic ^b   Hodgson, Abraham ^d   Forgor, Abdulai A ^e   Pandya, Rajul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^e Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; SALARY; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896700753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079880     Document Type: Article

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