Determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in Iran

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1 SUPPL 1, 2013, Pages 155-160

  Abolhallaje, M ^a,c,d   Hasani, S A ^b   Bastani, P ^c   Ramezanian, M ^d   Kazemian, M ^e  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^e SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Determinant; Iran; Out of pocket

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879141854     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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