Relationship between catastrophic health expenditures and household incomes and expenditure patterns in South Korea

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 239-246

  Kim, Younhee ^a   Yang, Bongmin ^b  

^a National Evidence Based Healthcare Collaborating Agency   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Catastrophic; Health expenditure; Household consumption; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; SOUTH KOREA;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 79954915363     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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