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

Goudge, Jane; Gumede, Tebogo; Gilson, Lucy; Russell, Steve; Tollman, Stephen M; Mills, Anne; (2007) Coping with the cost burdens of illness: combining qualitative and quantitative methods in longitudinal, household research. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 69 (69_sup). pp. 181-185. ISSN 1403-4948 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14034950701355551

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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Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development Academic Services & Administration > Directorate
PubMed ID	17676521
Elements ID	105727