Access and Financial Burden for Patients Seeking Essential Surgical Care in Pakistan

• Main Authors: Lubna Samad (Author), Muhammad Nabeel Ashraf (Author), Ammar Ali Mohammad (Author), Irum Fatima (Author), Zachary Fowler (Author), Katherine Albutt (Author), Asad Latif (Author), John G. Meara (Author), Manon Pigeolet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Pakistan is a lower middle-income country in South Asia with a population of over 220 million. With the recent development of national health programs focusing on surgical care, two areas of high priority for research and policy are access and financial risk protection related to surgery...