Disease-specific distress healthcare financing and catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure for hospitalization in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Nurnabi Sheikh (Author), Abdur Razzaque Sarker (Author), Marufa Sultana (Author), Rashidul Alam Mahumud (Author), Sayem Ahmed (Author), Mohammad Touhidul Islam (Author), Susan Howick (Author), Alec Morton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Financial risk protection and equity are two fundamental components of the global commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which mandates health system reform based on population needs, disease incidence, and economic burden to ensure that everyone has access to hea...