Catastrophic health expenditure: a comparative study between hypertensive patients with and without complication in rural Shandong, China

• Main Authors: Xinyi Zhang (Author), Qiongqiong Xu (Author), Xiaolei Guo (Author), Zhengyue Jing (Author), Long Sun (Author), Jiajia Li (Author), Chengchao Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Some previous studies have assessed catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in households with hypertensive patients, but few have examined the difference of CHE in hypertensive patients with and without complications. The purpose of this study is to compare the incidence and deter...