Catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey

• Main Authors: Eiko Saito (Author), Stuart Gilmour (Author), Md Mizanur Rahman (Author), Ghan Shyam Gautam (Author), Pradeep Krishna Shrestha (Author), Kenji Shibuya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective To determine the incidence of - and illnesses commonly associated with - catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal. Methods We did a cross-sectional population-based survey in five municipalities of Kathmandu Valley between November 2011 and January 2012. For each hous...