Iranian Households’ Payments on Food and Health Out-of-Pocket Expenditures: Evidence of Inequality

Iranian Households’ Payments on Food and Health Out-of-Pocket Expenditures: Evidence of Inequality

Background: Inequality in households’ payments on food and health expenditures presents the accessibility and utili-zation patterns between them. This study investigated the Iranian rural and urban households’ inequality in payments on food and Out-of-Pocket health expenditures from 1998 to 2012....

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Main Authors: Hesam GHIASVAND, Seyran NAGHDI, Nazanin ABOLHASSANI, Nasrin SHAARBAFCHIZADEH, Javad MOGHRI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
Food expenditure
Out-of-Pocket health expenditure
Inequality
Gini coefficient
Concentration index
Kakwani index
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/3360

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