A cross-sectional study of the microeconomic impact of cardiovascular disease hospitalization in four low- and middle-income countries.

A cross-sectional study of the microeconomic impact of cardiovascular disease hospitalization in four low- and middle-income countries.

To estimate individual and household economic impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in selected low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).Empirical evidence on the microeconomic consequences of CVD in LMIC is scarce.We surveyed 1,657 recently hospitalized CVD patients (66% male; mean age 55.8 years)...

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Main Authors: Mark D Huffman, Krishna D Rao, Andres Pichon-Riviere, Dong Zhao, S Harikrishnan, Kaushik Ramaiya, V S Ajay, Shifalika Goenka, Juan I Calcagno, Joaquín E Caporale, Shaoli Niu, Yan Li, Jing Liu, K R Thankappan, Meena Daivadanam, Jan van Esch, Adrianna Murphy, Andrew E Moran, Thomas A Gaziano, Marc Suhrcke, K Srinath Reddy, Stephen Leeder, Dorairaj Prabhakaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3114849?pdf=render

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