Study on the concentration, distribution, and persistence of health spending for the contributory scheme in Colombia

• Main Authors: Oscar Espinosa (Author), Rocco Friebel (Author), Valeria Bejarano (Author), Martha-Liliana Arias (Author), Don Husereau (Author), Adrian Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Colombia is among the countries with the most robust financial protection against personal health spending in the world, with out-of-pocket spending ranking lowest across OECD countries. We investigate the evolution, distribution, and persistence of health spending by age group, sex, health...