Incidence, intensity, and correlates of catastrophic out-of-pocket health payments in India

ERD Working Paper Series

Volumn , Issue 102, 2007, Pages 1-32

  Bonu, Sekhar ^a   Bhushan, Indu ^a   Peters, David H ^b  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 77949408549     PISSN: 16555252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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