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Evidence of High Out of Pocket Spending for HIV Care Leading to Catastrophic Expenditure for Affected Patients in Lao People's Democratic Republic

BACKGROUND: The scaling up of antiviral treatment (ART) coverage in the past decade has increased access to care for numerous people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in low-resource settings. Out-of-pocket payments (OOPs) represent a barrier for healthcare access, adherence and ART effectiveness, and ca...

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Autores principales: Barennes, Hubert, Frichittavong, Amphonexay, Gripenberg, Marissa, Koffi, Paulin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26327558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136664