Catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey

Abstract Objective To determine the incidence of – and illnesses commonly associated with – catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal. Methods We did a cross-sectional population-based survey in five municipalities of Kathmandu Valley between November 2011 and January 2012. For each h...

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Main Authors: Eiko Saito, Stuart Gilmour, Md Mizanur Rahman, Ghan Shyam Gautam, Pradeep Krishna Shrestha, Kenji Shibuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2014-10-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862014001000760&lng=en&tlng=en