The prevalence and determinants of catastrophic health expenditures attributable to non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries: A methodological commentary

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Goryakin, Yevgeniy ^a,b   Suhrcke, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catastrophic out of pocket expenditures; Developing countries; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METHODOLOGY; RESIDENT POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEOPLASM; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDY DESIGN; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84920839002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0107-1     Document Type: Article

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