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

• Hauptverfasser: Chunling Lu (Verfasst von), Brian Chin (Verfasst von), Guohong Li (Verfasst von), Christopher JL Murray (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: The World Health Organization, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: 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 -...