The economic burden of pediatric gastroenteritis to Bolivian families: a cross-sectional study of correlates of catastrophic cost and overall cost burden

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, acute gastroenteritis causes substantial morbidity and mortality in children less than five years of age. In Bolivia, which has one of the lower GDPs in South America, 16% of child deaths can be attributed to diarrhea, and the costs associated with diarrhea can weigh heavily o...

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Autores principales: Burke, Rachel M, Smith, Emily R, Dahl, Rebecca Moritz, Rebolledo, Paulina A, del Carmen Calderón, Maria, Cañipa, Beatriz, Chavez, Edgar, Pinto, Rolando, Tamayo, Luis, Terán, Carlos, Veizaga, Ángel, Zumaran, Remy, Iñiguez, Volga, Leon, Juan S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-642

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4094680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-642

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