Incidence of household catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures among patients with Breast Cancer in Iran

Abstract Background Breast cancer disease is the most common cancer among Iranian women and imposing a significant financial burden on the households. This study calculated out-of-pocket (OOP), catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), and impoverishing health spending attributed to breast cancer in Ir...

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Main Authors: Faranak Ahmadi, Hamidreza Farrokh-Eslamlou, Hasan Yusefzadeh, Cyrus Alinia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06330-6