Out-of-pocket Medication Expenditure Burden of Elderly Koreans with Chronic Conditions

Background: Asian countries including Korea face aging populations and lack well-designed social welfare systems for the elderly. The objective of this study was to compare the out-of-pocket (OOP) medication expenditure burden of elderly and nonelderly patients with chronic conditions and to identif...

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Main Authors: Eun-Ja Park, Jin-Won Kwon, Eui-Kyung Lee, Young-Ho Jung, Sylvia Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2015-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959815000708