Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study
Background: Approximately 150 million individuals worldwide face catastrophic expenditure each year from medical costs alone, and the non-medical costs of accessing care increase that number. The proportion of this expenditure related to surgery is unknown. Because the World Bank has proposed elimin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-04-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15700859 |