Financial burden of health care for Buruli ulcer patients in Nigeria: The patients' perspective

International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 36-43

  Chukwu, Joseph N ^a   Meka, Anthony O ^a   Nwafor, Charles C ^a   Oshia, Daniel C ^a,g   Madichie, Nelson O ^a   Ekeke, Ngozi ^a   Anyim, Moses C ^a   Chukwuka, Alphonsus ^a   Obinna, Mbah ^a   Adegbesan, Julie ^a   Njoku, Martin ^b   Soyinka, Festus O ^c   Adelokiki, Adebola O ^c   Enemuoh, Isreal O ^d   Okolie, Patrick I ^d   Edochie, Joseph E ^d   Offor, Jonah B ^e   Ushaka, Joseph ^e   Ukwaja, Kingsley N ^f  

^a GERMAN LEPROSY AND TB RELIEF ASSOCIATION   (Nigeria)

^b Leprosy Rehabilitation Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme   (Nigeria)

^d Ogbaru Local Government Area   (Nigeria)

^e Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme   (Nigeria)

^f Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki   (Nigeria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Buruli ulcer; Cost of illness; Health economics; Illness costs; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURULI ULCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME TO TREATMENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURULI ULCER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017034131     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihw056     Document Type: Article

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