Evolution of catastrophic health expenditure in a high income country: incidence versus inequalities

Evolution of catastrophic health expenditure in a high income country: incidence versus inequalities

Abstract Background Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) is well established as an indicator of financial protection on which there is extensive literature. However, most works analyse mainly low to middle income countries and do not address the different distributional dimensions of CHE. We argue...

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Main Author: Carlota Quintal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Catastrophic health expenditure
Financial protection
Inequality
Portugal
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1044-9

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