Health Expenditure and Catastrophic Costs for Inpatient- and Out-patient Care in Iran

Health Expenditure and Catastrophic Costs for Inpatient- and Out-patient Care in Iran

Background: Protecting households from risk of impoverishment due to out-of-pocket costs in health care is a major challenge for health systems. Therefore, this study aimed at evaluating some health expenditure of inpatient and outpatient care as well as assessing the predictors of catastrophic cost...

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Main Authors: Zohreh Anbari, Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi, Narges Mohammadsalehi, Ali Ebrazeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Catastrophic costs
health expenditures
inpatient care
negative binomial model
outpatient care
Online Access:http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2014;volume=5;issue=8;spage=1023;epage=1028;aulast=Anbari

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