Journal article
Out-of-pocket costs for paediatric admissions in district hospitals in Kenya
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Objective To describe out-of-pocket costs of inpatient care for children under 5years of age in district hospitals in Kenya. Methods A total of 256 caretakers of admitted children were interviewed in 2-week surveys conducted in eight hospitals in four provinces in Kenya. Caretakers were asked to report care seeking behaviour and expenditure related to accessing inpatient care. Family socio-economic status was assessed through reported expenditure in the previous month. Results Seventy eight p...
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- Journal:
- Tropical Medicine and International Health
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 958-961
- Publication date:
- 2012-08-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-3156
- ISSN:
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1360-2276
- Source identifiers:
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348982
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:348982
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:348982
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2012
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