Financial risk protection at the bedside: How Ethiopian physicians try to minimize out-of-pocket health expenditures.

<h4>Background</h4>Out-of-pocket health expenditures can pose major financial risks, create access-barriers and drive patients and families into poverty. Little is known about physicians' role in financial protection of patients and families at the bedside in low-income settings and...

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Main Authors: Ingrid Miljeteig, Frehiwot Berhane Defaye, Paul Wakim, Dawit Neema Desalegn, Yemane Berhane, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Marion Danis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212129