Economic cost and quality of life of family caregivers of schizophrenic patients attending psychiatric hospitals in Ghana

Economic cost and quality of life of family caregivers of schizophrenic patients attending psychiatric hospitals in Ghana

Abstract Background Low and middle income countries face many challenges in meeting their populations’ mental health care needs. Though family caregiving is crucial to the management of severe mental health disabilities, such as schizophrenia, the economic costs borne by family caregivers often go u...

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Main Authors: Yaw Nyarko Opoku-Boateng, Irene A. Kretchy, Genevieve Cecilia Aryeetey, Duah Dwomoh, Sybil Decker, Samuel Agyei Agyemang, Yesim Tozan, Moses Aikins, Justice Nonvignon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Economic burden
Quality of life
Caregiving
Schizophrenia
Ghana
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-017-2642-0

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