Progress on catastrophic health spending in 133 countries: a retrospective observational study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2018, Pages e169-e179

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Flores, Gabriela ^b   Hsu, Justine ^b   Smitz, Marc François ^a   Chepynoga, Kateryna ^b   Buisman, Leander R ^c   van Wilgenburg, Kim ^b   Eozenou, Patrick ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CARIBBEAN; CATASTROPHIC SPENDING; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MOLDOVA; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF POCKET SPENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; INSURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL DISEASE;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 85039066555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30429-1     Document Type: Article

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