Impoverishing effects of catastrophic health expenditures in Malawi
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Impoverishing effects of catastrophic health expenditures in Malawi
BACKGROUND Out of pocket (OOP) health spending can potentially expose households to risk of incurring large medical bills, and this may impact on their welfare. This work investigates the effect of catastrophic OOP on the incidence and depth of poverty in Malawi. METHODS The paper is based on data that was collected from 12,271 households that were interviewed during the third Malawi integrat...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0515-0