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A study to assess catastrophic household expenditure on childhood illness in an urban slum in Bijapur

Author(s) -

Shailaja Patil,

AdityaSuryabhan Berad,

M M Angadi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

indian journal of community medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375

H-Index - 32

eISSN - 1998-3581

pISSN - 0970-0218

DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.58394

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , slum , health care , environmental health , population , catastrophic illness , socioeconomics , household income , medicine , geography , economics , economic growth , archaeology , oncology

In this study, the various factors determining the out-of-pocket expenditure on child health care by households are discussed to answer the following questions: How much are households currently spending on child health care? Is there any role of socio-economic status of households on expenditure on child health care? What percentage of their income is spent on child health care and is it catastrophic?

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