Impact of Increased Economic Burden Due to Human Echinococcosis in an Underdeveloped Rural Community of the People's Republic of China | Zendy

Yang Yu | Zendy; Gail Williams | Zendy; Philip S. Craig | Zendy; Donald P. McManus | Zendy

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Impact of Increased Economic Burden Due to Human Echinococcosis in an Underdeveloped Rural Community of the People's Republic of China

Author(s) -

Yang Yu,

Gail Williams,

Philip S. Craig,

Donald P. McManus

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

plos neglected tropical diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99

H-Index - 135

eISSN - 1935-2735

pISSN - 1935-2727

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000801

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , echinococcosis , socioeconomics , per capita , health care , poverty , china , public health , gross domestic product , geography , medicine , environmental health , economic growth , business , population , economics , surgery , archaeology , nursing

Ningxia is located in western People's Republic of China, which is hyperendemic for human cystic echinococcosis (CE) throughout the entire area with alveolar echinococcosis (AE) hyperendemic in the south. This is in part due to its underdeveloped economy. Despite the recent rapid growth in P.R. China's economy, medical expenditure for hospitalization of echinococcosis cases has become one of the major poverty generators in rural Ningxia, resulting in a significant social problem.

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