Association between chronic disease and catastrophic health expenditure in Korea

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Choi, Jae Woo ^a   Choi, Jong Won ^b   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a   Yoo, Ki Bong ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928114189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0675-1     Document Type: Article

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