Assessing medical impoverishment and associated factors in health care in Ethiopia

Abstract Background About 5% of the global population, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries, is forced into poverty because of out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending. In most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the share of OOP health spending in current health expenditure exceeds 35%, increa...

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Main Authors: Amarech G. Obse, John E. Ataguba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC International Health and Human Rights
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-020-00227-x