Out-of-pocket expenditure and catastrophic health expenditure for hospitalization due to injuries in public sector hospitals in North India.
BACKGROUND:Injuries are a major public health problem, resulting in high health care demand and economic burden. They result in loss of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) and high out-of-pocket expenditure. However, there is little evidence on the economic burden of injuries in India. We underto...
Main Authors: | Shankar Prinja, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Deepshikha Sharma, Sameer Aggarwal, Swati Katoch, P V M Lakshmi, Rebecca Ivers |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224721 |
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