Measuring the catastrophic and impoverishing effect of household health care spending in Serbia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-25

  Arsenijevic, Jelena ^a   Pavlova, Milena ^a   Groot, Wim ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health care expenditure; Impoverishing health care; Poverty; Serbia

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY; PROBABILITY;

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; SERBIA; WELLBEING;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERBIA;

SERBIA;

EID: 84872414624     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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