Evaluating the implementation related challenges of Shasthyo Suroksha Karmasuchi (health protection scheme) of the government of Bangladesh: a study protocol

• Main Authors: Sayem Ahmed (Author), Md. Zahid Hasan (Author), Mohammad Wahid Ahmed (Author), Farzana Dorin (Author), Marufa Sultana (Author), Ziaul Islam (Author), Andrew J. Mirelman (Author), Clas Rehnberg (Author), Jahangir A. M. Khan (Author), Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Rapidly increasing healthcare costs and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases have increased the out-of-pocket (OOP) spending (63.3% of total health expenditure) in Bangladesh. This increasing OOP spending for healthcare has catastrophic economic impact on households. T...