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Evaluation of public subsidy for medical travel: does it protect against household impoverishment?
BACKGROUND: In resource-constrained health systems medical travel is a common alternative to seeking unavailable health services. This paper was motivated by the need to understand better the impact of such travel on households and health systems. METHODS: We used primary data from 344 subsidized an...
Autores principales: | Suzana, Mariyam, Walls, Helen, Smith, Richard, Hanefeld, Johanna |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5840843/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29510756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-018-0726-z |
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