Catastrophic health expenditure and multimorbidity among older adults in Brazil

• Main Authors: Gabriella Marques Bernardes (Author), Helton Saulo (Author), Rodrigo Nobre Fernandez (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author), Fabíola Bof de Andrade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To estimate the relation between catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and multimorbidity in a national representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 year or older. METHODS: This study used data from 8,347 participants of the Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde dos Idosos B...