“It Is Me Who Endures but My Family That Suffers”: Social Isolation as a Consequence of the Household Cost Burden of Buruli Ulcer Free of Charge Hospital Treatment

Despite free of charge biomedical treatment, the cost burden of Buruli ulcer disease (Bu) hospitalisation in Central Cameroon accounts for 25% of households' yearly earnings, surpassing the threshold of 10%, which is generally considered catastrophic for the household economy, and calling into...

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Autores principales: Peeters Grietens, Koen, Um Boock, Alphonse, Peeters, Hans, Hausmann-Muela, Susanna, Toomer, Elizabeth, Muela Ribera, Joan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18923711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000321

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2562517/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18923711
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000321

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