Cost and affordability of non-communicable disease screening, diagnosis and treatment in Kenya: Patient payments in the private and public sectors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Subramanian, Sujha ^a   Gakunga, Robai ^b   Kibachio, Joseph ^c   Gathecha, Gladwell ^c   Edwards, Patrick ^a   Ogola, Elijah ^d   Yonga, Gerald ^e   Busakhala, Naftali ^f   Munyoro, Esther ^g   Chakaya, Jeremiah ^h   Ngugi, Nancy ^g   Mwangi, Nyawira ⁱ   Rege, Daniel Von ^j   Wangari, Lili Marie ^j   Wata, David ^g   Makori, Robert ^g   Mwangi, Julius ^g   Mwanda, Walter ^d  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Independent Department   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^f MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^g KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^h KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KENYA; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 85040108312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190113     Document Type: Article

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