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Catastrophic health expenditure and its determinants in Kenya slum communities
BACKGROUND: In Kenya, where 60 to 80% of the urban residents live in informal settlements (frequently referred to as slums), out-of-pocket (OOP) payments account for more than a third of national health expenditures. However, little is known on the extent to which these OOP payments are associated w...
Autores principales: | Buigut, Steven, Ettarh, Remare, Amendah, Djesika D |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25971679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-015-0168-9 |
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