Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital

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dc.contributor.advisorAlaba, Olufunkeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMasiiwa, Rufaroen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-09T15:52:00Z
dc.date.available2014-11-09T15:52:00Z
dc.date.issued2013en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSevere acute malnutrition is one of the leading underlying causes of mortality in children under the age of five years. Nearly one to two million child deaths worldwide can be attributable to this illness. Although it is considered to be a global public health issue, severe acute malnutrition imposes an uneven burden on health resources across the world, with low-income countries shouldering much of this burden. Like any illness, severe acute malnutrition imposes an economic burden on households that, if significantly large could result in the impoverishment of households. However, despite the existence of a large volume of literature on the intergenerational economic consequences of malnutrition, little is known about the short term household economic consequences of malnutrition. This mini-dissertation sets out to estimate the household economic burden imposed by severe acute malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in Zimbabwe. Furthermore, it aims to investigate and evaluate household responses to the economic consequences of malnutrition and the effect of the responses on household economic welfare.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMasiiwa, R. (2013). <i>Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9449en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMasiiwa, Rufaro. <i>"Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9449en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMasiiwa, R. 2013. Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Masiiwa, Rufaro AB - Severe acute malnutrition is one of the leading underlying causes of mortality in children under the age of five years. Nearly one to two million child deaths worldwide can be attributable to this illness. Although it is considered to be a global public health issue, severe acute malnutrition imposes an uneven burden on health resources across the world, with low-income countries shouldering much of this burden. Like any illness, severe acute malnutrition imposes an economic burden on households that, if significantly large could result in the impoverishment of households. However, despite the existence of a large volume of literature on the intergenerational economic consequences of malnutrition, little is known about the short term household economic consequences of malnutrition. This mini-dissertation sets out to estimate the household economic burden imposed by severe acute malnutrition in children under the age of 5 years in Zimbabwe. Furthermore, it aims to investigate and evaluate household responses to the economic consequences of malnutrition and the effect of the responses on household economic welfare. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital TI - Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9449 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9449
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMasiiwa R. Inpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospital. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9449en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentHealth Economics Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHealth Economicsen_ZA
dc.titleInpatient household economic burden of child malnutrition in Zimbabwe : a case study conducted at Harare Central hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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