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Impoverishing effects of catastrophic health expenditures in Malawi

BACKGROUND: Out of pocket (OOP) health spending can potentially expose households to risk of incurring large medical bills, and this may impact on their welfare. This work investigates the effect of catastrophic OOP on the incidence and depth of poverty in Malawi. METHODS: The paper is based on data...

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Autores principales: Mchenga, Martina, Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere, Chiwaula, Levison S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5251219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28109188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0515-0