TY - GEN AU - Kumar, Sumit TI - Financial consequences of illness : evidence from slums of India SN - 9789384463960 U1 - 362.104252 PY - 2015/// CY - Delhi PB - Cambridge Uni. Press KW - N1 - CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures vii Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xtv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Socio-economic Profile and Prevalence of Morbidity 14 Chapter 3 Treatment-seeking Behaviour 35 Chapter 4 Economic Burden of Ill-health 57 Chapter 5 Choice of Coping Strategies 82 Chapter 6 Type and Sequence of Coping Strategies 103 Chapter 7 Determinants of Coping Strategies 124 Chapter 8 Economic Consequences of Illness 148 Chapter 9 Some Policy Suggestions 174 Rejerences 180 Appendices 189 Index 199 ER -