Correlates of out-of-pocket and catastrophic health expenditures in Tanzania: results from a national household survey
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Correction: Correlates of out-of-pocket and catastrophic health expenditures in Tanzania: results from a national household survey
Correction After publication of this work [1], we noted that the name and surname of one of the authors have been swapped. Now the order of names and surnames of all authors has been corrected as follows: " Ethel Mary Brinda, Antonio Rodríguez Andrés and Ulrika Enemark " (Name, surname). References 1. Brinda EM, Andrés RA, Enemark U: Correlates of out-of-pocket and catastrophic health expenditu...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC International Health and Human Rights
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-698X
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-14-5