Indirect costs associated with deaths from the Ebola virus disease in West Africa

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kirigia, Joses Muthuri ^a   Masiye, Felix ^b   Kirigia, Doris Gatwiri ^c   Akweongo, Patricia ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c University of Ghana ^*  (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Ebola virus disease; Indirect cost; Non health GDP loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH; EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; NON HEALTH GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT LOSS; NUMBER OF YEARS OF LIFE LOST; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVE YEARS OF LIFE LOST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST AFRICAN; AFRICA; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006212926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0079-4     Document Type: Article

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