Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study

• Hlavní autoři: Dr. Mark G Shrime, MD (Autor), Anna J Dare, MBChB (Autor), Blake C Alkire, MD (Autor), Kathleen O'Neill, BS (Autor), John G Meara, MD (Autor)
• Médium: Kniha
• Vydáno: Elsevier, 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Témata: article
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Background: Approximately 150 million individuals worldwide face catastrophic expenditure each year from medical costs alone, and the non-medical costs of accessing care increase that number. The proportion of this expenditure related to surgery is unknown. Because the World Bank has proposed elimin...