Household catastrophic health expenditure

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-99

  Daneshkohan, A ^a   Karami, M ^a   Najafi, F ^b   Karami Matin, B ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditures; Fair financing contribution index (FFCI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955531469     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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