Noncommunicable disease-attributable medical expenditures, household financial stress and impoverishment in Bangladesh
Background: Treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries can entail large out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditures, which can increase the likelihood of household impoverishment and perpetuate the poverty cycle. This paper studies the implications of NCDs on household medical...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-12-01
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| Series: | SSM: Population Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827318301265 |