Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in Australia: trends, inequalities and the impact on household living standards in a high-income country with a universal health care system
Abstract Background Poor health increases the likelihood of experiencing poverty by reducing a person’s ability to work and imparting costs associated with receiving medical treatment. Universal health care is a means of protecting against the impoverishing impact of high healthcare costs. This stud...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Health Economics Review |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13561-019-0227-9 |