Response to a comment on ‘Unravelling the socioeconomic gradient in the incidence of catastrophic health care expenditure’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14668196 |
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| Authors | Jahangir Khan (0000-0002-6151-764X, Karolinska Institutet, corresponding author), Jahangir A M Khan (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine), Sayem Ahmed (0000-0001-9360-1160, Karolinska Institutet), Timothy G Evans (The World Bank, Health Nutrition & Population, 1818 H Street, WA, USA), Timothy Evans (0000-0003-3642-078X, World Bank) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 697-698 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Policy and Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0268-1080 • E-ISSN: 1460-2237 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapol/czy025 |
| PMID | 29617996 |
| OpenAlex | W2794810703 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The commentators propose an alternative approach to measuring catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), different to that used by Khan et al. (2017) and others (for instance, van Doorsslaer et al., 2007). The modified measure is expected to more accurately reflect socioeconomic gradient
Catastrophic illness · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Population · Public economics · Socioeconomic status · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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