Household economic impact of an emerging disease in terms of catastrophic out-of-pocket health care expenditure and loss of productivity: investigation of an outbreak of chikungunya in Orissa, India catastrophic out-of-pocket health care expenditure and loss of productivity: investigation of an outbreak of chikungunya in Orissa, India
Background & objectives: To examine the household economic impact of an outbreak of chikungunya in terms of out-of-pocket health care expenditure and income foregone due to loss of productive time in Orissa, India.Methods: Structured interviews were conducted on 150 respondents, bread winners f...
Main Authors: | Saji Saraswathy Gopalan, Ashis Das |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2009-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Vector Borne Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/461057.pdf |
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