Catastrophic health expenditure among single empty-nest elderly with multimorbidity in rural Shandong, China: the effect of co-occurrence of frailty

• Main Authors: Zhengyue Jing (Author), Jie Li (Author), Pei Pei Fu (Author), Yi Wang (Author), Yemin Yuan (Author), Dan Zhao (Author), Wenting Hao (Author), Caiting Yu (Author), Chengchao Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Previous studies have indicated that older adults with multimorbidity had higher risk of incurring catastrophic health expenditure (CHE). However, the effect of co-occurrence of frailty on CHE among single empty-nest elderly with multimorbidity remains unclear. This study aims to...