Changes in catastrophic health expenditure in post-conflict Sierra Leone: an Oaxaca-blinder decomposition analysis

Changes in catastrophic health expenditure in post-conflict Sierra Leone: an Oaxaca-blinder decomposition analysis

Abstract Background At the end of the eleven-year conflict in Sierra Leone, a wide range of policies were implemented to address both demand- and supply-side constraints within the healthcare system, which had collapsed during the conflict. This study examines the extent to which households’ exposur...

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Main Authors: Ijeoma Edoka, Barbara McPake, Tim Ensor, Rogers Amara, Joseph Edem-Hotah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Catastrophic health expenditure
Sierra Leone
Post-conflict
Conflict
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0661-4

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