Financial risk of emergency abdominal surgery: a cross sectional study from Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Abraham Genetu (Author), Demmelash Gezahegn (Author), Hana Getachew (Author), Andualem Deneke (Author), Abebe Bekele (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery suggested six indicators every country should use to measure their surgical systems. One of these indicators, catastrophic expenditure (CE), is defined as money paid for service which amounts to more than 10% of the patient's total ann...