Incidence and correlates of 'catastrophic' maternal health care expenditure in India
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Incidence and correlates of 'catastrophic' maternal health care expenditure in India.
Using data from the 60(th) round of the National Sample Survey of India (2004), the study investigates the incidence and correlates of 'catastrophic' maternal expenditure (ME) in India. Data on ME come from 6879 births that took place during 365 days prior to the survey. The study adapts earlier definitions and methods for catastrophic total health care expenditure to measure 'catastrophic' ME ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czp032