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

• Main Authors: Chunling Lu (Author), Brian Chin (Author), Guohong Li (Author), Christopher JL Murray (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: The World Health Organization, 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: 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 -...