Economic burden of caregiving for persons with severe mental illness in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2018, Pages

  Addo, Rebecca ^a   Agyemang, Samuel Agyei ^b   Tozan, Yesim ^c   Nonvignon, Justice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC BURDEN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGERIA; PEER REVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 85052316997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0199830     Document Type: Article

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