Limitations of methods for measuring out-of-pocket and catastrophic private health expenditures

• मुख्य लेखकों: Chunling Lu (लेखक), Brian Chin (लेखक), Guohong Li (लेखक), Christopher JL Murray (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: The World Health Organization, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of survey design, specifically the number of items and recall period, on estimates of household out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditure on health. METHODS: We used results from two surveys - the World Health Survey and the Living Standards Measurement Study -...