paying out of pocket for healthcare in bangladesh - a burden on poor?
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Paying Out of Pocket for Healthcare in Bangladesh - A Burden on Poor?
Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures for healthcare continue to be the most significant means of healthcare issue in the developing world and constitute a large share of their living financial plan (1, 2). The healthcare expenditures are largely unpredictable and usually have a negative impact on the poor households, while large expenditures have catastrophic impacts on household welfare. A sudden ...
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iranian journal of public healthجلد ۴۴، شماره ۷، صفحات ۱۰۲۴-۱۰۲۵
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