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Catastrophic health expenditure on acute coronary events in Asia: a prospective study

Jan S 1 , Lee SW 2 , Sawhney JP 3 , Ong TK 4 , Chin CT 5 , Kim HS 6 Show all authors , Krittayaphong R 7 , Nhan VT 8 , Itoh Y 9 , Huo Y 10

Affiliations 

  • 1 George Institute for Global Health, King George V Building, 83-117 Missenden Road, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia
  • 2 Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
  • 3 Department of Cardiology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
  • 4 Department of Cardiology, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Malaysia
  • 5 National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore
  • 6 Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 7 Department of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 8 Department of Medicine, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
  • 9 Clinical Science Division, AstraZeneca, Osaka, Japan
  • 10 Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
Bull World Health Organ, 2016 Mar 1;94(3):193-200.
PMID: 26966330 DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.158303

Abstract

To estimate out-of-pocket costs and the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in people admitted to hospital with acute coronary syndromes in Asia.

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