Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure and chronic disease-do Australians forgo care because of the cost?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 15-22

  Callander, Emily J ^a   Corscadden, Lisa ^b   Levesque, Jean Frederic ^b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Health Information   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic health conditions; patient contributions.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OUT OF POCKET HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85013447266     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY16005     Document Type: Article

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