Community-level expenses for under-5 diarrhoeal cases prior to reporting at Dhaka Hospital: A cross-sectional analysis in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Md Fuad Al Fidah (Author), Md Ridwan Islam (Author), Md Mushfiqur Rahman (Author), Mohammod Jobayer Chisti (Author), A.S.G. Faruque (Author), Tahmeed Ahmed (Author), Sharika Nuzhat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Diarrhoeal diseases are a major public health challenge, placing immense economic burden on households. We aimed to examine the trends in direct medical costs (DMC), direct non-medical costs (DNMC), and family economic burden (FEB) incurred in the community before seeking care at the Dha...