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Investigating determinants of catastrophic health spending among poorly insured elderly households in urban Nigeria

BACKGROUND: In the absence of functional social security mechanisms for elderly people in Nigeria, elderly households are solely responsible for geriatric healthcare costs, which can lead to catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) – particularly among the poor. This study investigates the key determi...

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Autor principal: Adisa, Olumide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4570723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26370774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-015-0188-5