"It is me who endures but my family that suffers": social isolation as a consequence of the household cost burden of Buruli ulcer free of charge hospital treatment.

• Main Authors: Koen Peeters Grietens (Author), Alphonse Um Boock (Author), Hans Peeters (Author), Susanna Hausmann-Muela (Author), Elizabeth Toomer (Author), Joan Muela Ribera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite free of charge biomedical treatment, the cost burden of Buruli ulcer disease (Bu) hospitalisation in Central Cameroon accounts for 25% of households' yearly earnings, surpassing the threshold of 10%, which is generally considered catastrophic for the household economy, and calling into...