Open AccessOut-of-pocket health expenditure on diarrheal illness among under-five children in a teaching hospital ins Odisha, India
Author(s) -
Himanshu Sekhar Pradhan,
Nirmal Kumar Mohakud,
Adukadukam Kambikanam Kavitha,
M. M. Nayak,
Sudhir Satpathy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_258_19
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , diarrhea , pediatrics , indirect costs , under five , tertiary care , teaching hospital , developing country , emergency medicine , family medicine , accounting , business , economics , economic growth
Diarrhea is the most common illness in children under 5 years of age, accounting for a financial burden for families in developing countries.