Surgical catastrophic health expenditure at New Somerset Hospital, a South African public sector hospital

Background: Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishing health expenditure (IHE) are significant barriers to surgical care. Worldwide, 3.7 billion people risk financial catastrophe if they require surgery, mostly affecting the poorest populations in LMICs. Surgical CHE and IHE are not de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naidu, Priyanka
Other Authors: Chu, Kathryn
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32510