Out-of-pocket health expenditure and debt in poor households: Evidence from Cambodia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-280

  Van Damme, Wim ^a,b   Van Leemput, Luc ^b   Por, Ir ^a,b   Hardeman, Wim ^b   Meessen, Bruno ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Catastrophic health expenditure; Dengue; Health system; Out of pocket expenditure; Poverty; Private providers

Indexed keywords

DEBT; DENGUE FEVER; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION;

CAMBODIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST CONTROL; DENGUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POVERTY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

CAMBODIA; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH; STATE MEDICINE;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1342280398     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01194.x     Document Type: Review

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