Health-related financial catastrophe, inequality and chronic illness in Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND: Bangladesh has a high proportion of households incurring catastrophic health expenditure, and very limited risk sharing mechanisms. Identifying determinants of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments and catastrophic health expenditure may reveal opportunities to reduce costs and protect households...

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Main Authors: Md Mizanur Rahman, Stuart Gilmour, Eiko Saito, Papia Sultana, Kenji Shibuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581555?pdf=render