Title |
No longer diseases of the wealthy: prevalence and health-seeking for self-reported chronic conditions among urban poor in Southern India
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, August 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-306 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Upendra Bhojani, Thriveni S Beerenahalli, Roopa Devadasan, CM Munegowda, Narayanan Devadasan, Bart Criel, Patrick Kolsteren |
Abstract |
The burden of chronic conditions is high in low- and middle-income countries and poses a significant challenge to already weak healthcare delivery systems in these countries. Studies investigating chronic conditions among the urban poor remain few and focused on specific chronic conditions rather than providing overall profile of chronic conditions in a given community, which is critical for planning and managing services within local health systems. We aimed to assess the prevalence and health- seeking behaviour for self-reported chronic conditions in a poor neighbourhood of a metropolitan city in India. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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India | 1 | 50% |
Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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India | 7 | 4% |
Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
Cameroon | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Belgium | 1 | <1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 168 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 36 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 14% |
Student > Master | 19 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 14 | 8% |
Other | 37 | 20% |
Unknown | 33 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 63 | 35% |
Social Sciences | 31 | 17% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 11% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
Other | 19 | 10% |
Unknown | 39 | 22% |