Measuring incidence of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure: With application to India

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-85

  Pal, Rama ^a  

^a NMIMS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Consumption of necessities; India

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL DISEASE;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84858278338     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9103-4     Document Type: Article

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