Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar: policy implications in leading progress towards universal health coverage

Abstract Background Around the world, millions of people are impoverished due to health care spending. The highest catastrophic health expenditures are found in countries in transition. Our study analyzes the extent of financial protection by estimating the incidence of catastrophic health care expe...

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Main Authors: Chaw-Yin Myint, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-1018-y