Distribution and Determinants of Out-of-pocket Healthcare Expenditures in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Rashidul Alam Mahumud (Author), Abdur Razzaque Sarker (Author), Marufa Sultana (Author), Ziaul Islam (Author), Jahangir Khan (Author), Alec Morton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives As in many low-income and middle-income countries, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments by patients or their families are a key healthcare financing mechanism in Bangladesh that leads to economic burdens for households. The objective of this study was to identify whether and to what extent socioe...