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. 2007 Aug:69:181-5.
doi: 10.1080/14034950701355551.

Coping with the cost burdens of illness: combining qualitative and quantitative methods in longitudinal, household research

Jane Goudge  1 , Tebogo Gumede, Lucy Gilson, Steve Russell, Stephen M Tollman, Anne Mills
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Coping with the cost burdens of illness: combining qualitative and quantitative methods in longitudinal, household research

Jane Goudge et al. Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2007 Aug.

Abstract

Over the last 10-15 years, poor African households have had to cope with the burden of increased levels of chronic illness such as HIV/AIDS. How do these households cope with the cost burdens of ill health and healthcare, and has this burden further impoverished them? What policy responses might better support these households? This is a report from the field of the South African Costs and Coping study (SACOCO) - a longitudinal investigation of household experiences in the Agincourt health and demographic surveillance site.

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Conceptual framework: Household costs of illness, and coping strategies.
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Comment in

  • Comment: healthcare and livelihoods.
    Fonn S. Fonn S. Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2007 Aug;69:186-7. doi: 10.1080/14034950701359496. Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2007. PMID: 17676522 No abstract available.

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