Catastrophic health expenditures in Kermanshah, West of Iran: Magnitude and distribution

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Karami, Manoochehr ^a   Najafi, F ^a   Karami Matin, B ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditures; Households financing contribution; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSURANCE; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

EID: 77953396550     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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