Assessing the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases in India: evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys

Assessing the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases in India: evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys

Abstract Background Financing for NCDs is encumbered by out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) assuming catastrophic proportions. Therefore, it is imperative to investigate the extent of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) on NCDs, which are burgeoning in India. Thus, our paper aims to examine the exten...

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Main Authors: Veenapani Rajeev Verma, Piyush Kumar, Umakant Dash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Catastrophic health expenditure
Non communicable diseases
Impoverishment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10828-3

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