Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study.

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Approximately 150 million individuals worldwide face catastrophic expenditure each year from medical costs alone, and the non-medical costs of accessing care increase that number. The proportion of this expenditure related to surgery is unknown. Because the World Bank has proposed elimination of medical impoverishment by 2030, the effect of surgical conditions on financial catastrophe should be quantified so that any financial risk protection mechanisms can appropriately incorporate surgery.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet Glob Health

Title: The Lancet. Global health

ISSN (Electronic): 2214-109X

ISSN (Print): 2214-109X

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 27 2015

Volume: 3 Suppl 2

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[1 ] Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: shrime@mail.harvard.edu.

[2 ] King's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners, King's College London, London, UK.

[3 ] Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Office of Global Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA; Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

[4 ] University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

[5 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S2214-109X(15)70085-9 Mid ID: NIHMS685741

DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70085-9

PMC ID: 4428601

PubMed ID: 25926319

SO-VID: 55178afd-1a6d-4b1c-96d6-356320cc057d

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