Household costs of mental health care in ghana

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Addo, Rebecca ^a   Nonvignon, Justice ^b   Aikins, Moses ^b  

^a Health Concern Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897019206     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: 1099176X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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