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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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2021
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32510 |