Household expenditures on pneumonia and diarrhoea treatment in Ethiopia: A facility-based study

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Memirie, Solomon Tessema ^a   Metaferia, Zewdu Sisay ^b   Norheim, Ole F ^a   Levin, Carol E ^c   Verguet, Stéphane ^d   Johansson, Kjell Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ElnaMaZ Public Health Consulting   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 85040673909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000166     Document Type: Article

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