Prevalence and intensity of catastrophic health care expenditures in Iran from 2008 to 2015: a study on Iranian household income and expenditure survey

• Main Authors: Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi (Author), Mina Bahrampour (Author), Arash Rashidian (Author), Ali-Akbar Haghdoost (Author), Mohammadreza Akbari Javar (Author), Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Households exposure to catastrophic health expenditure is a valuable measure to monitor financial protection in health sector payments. The present study had two aims: first, to estimate the prevalence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) in Iran. Second, to in...