Trend and status of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Iran: equity and catastrophic effect

Abstract Background Equity in the distribution of health care resources and mitigating the risk of out-of-pocket (OOP) catastrophic healthcare expenditures (CHE) are the major objectives of the health system of a country. This study aims to measure equity in OOP payments for healthcare and the incid...

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Main Authors: Satar Rezaei, Abraha Woldemichael, Mohammad Ebrahimi, Sina Ahmadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42506-020-00055-w