Understanding variations in catastrophic health expenditure, its underlying determinants and impoverishment in Sub-Saharan African countries: a scoping review

Understanding variations in catastrophic health expenditure, its underlying determinants and impoverishment in Sub-Saharan African countries: a scoping review

Abstract Background To assess the financial burden due to out of pocket (OOP) payments, two mutually exclusive approaches have been used: catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment. Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries primarily rely on OOP and are thus challenged with providing financi...

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Main Authors: Purity Njagi, Jelena Arsenijevic, Wim Groot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
Subjects:
Catastrophic health expenditure
Impoverishment
Out of pocket payments
Sub-Saharan Africa
Scoping review
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-018-0799-1

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