Catastrophic health expenditure and its determinants in Kenya slum communities

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Buigut, Steven ^a   Ettarh, Remare ^b   Amendah, Djesika D ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE THEORY; DATA SET; EQUITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATASTROPHIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; KENYA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

KENYA;

ADULT; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929990920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0168-9     Document Type: Article

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