High Poverty and Hardship Financing Among Patients with Noncommunicable Diseases in Rural Haiti

High Poverty and Hardship Financing Among Patients with Noncommunicable Diseases in Rural Haiti

Background: Poverty is a major barrier to healthcare access in low-income countries. The degree of equitable access for noncommunicable disease (NCD) patients is not known in rural Haiti. Objectives: We evaluated the poverty distribution among patients receiving care in an NCD clinic in rural Haiti...

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Main Authors: Gene F. Kwan, Lily D. Yan, Benito D. Isaac, Kayleigh Bhangdia, Waking Jean-Baptiste, Densa Belony, Anirudh Gururaj, Louine Martineau, Serge Vertilus, Dufens Pierre-Louis, Darius L. Fenelon, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Emelia J. Benjamin, Gene Bukhman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2020-02-01
Series:Global Heart
Subjects:
noncommunicable disease
global health
poverty
equity
hypertension
diabetes
Online Access:https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/388

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