Estimating catastrophic health expenditures: Need for improved methodology and interpretation

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-240

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Verma, Ramesh ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 80155132985     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.86531     Document Type: Letter

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