The cost of treating stroke in urban and rural Tanzania: A 6-month pilot study;Le cout du traitement des accidents vasculaires cerebraux en Tanzanie urbaine et rurale: Une etude pilote 6 MOIS

African Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kabadi, Gregory S ^a   Walker, Richard ^b   Donaldson, Cam ^c   Shackley, Phil ^d  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Populations Rural Urban; Stroke; Sub Saharan Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SALARY; TANZANIA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84902151042     PISSN: 10158618     EISSN: 19922647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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