Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Mongolia

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Authors

Javkhlanbayar Dorjdagva · Mongolian National University

Enkhjargal Batbaatar · Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences

Mikael Svensson · University of Gothenburg

Jussi Kauhanen · University of Eastern Finland

Abstract

Despite the high coverage of social health insurance, a significant proportion of the population incurred catastrophic health expenditures and was forced into poverty due to out-of-pocket payments for health care.

Topics & Keywords

Healthcare Systems and Reforms Global Maternal and Child Health Global Health Care Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health

Volume 15, Issue 1, pp. 105-105

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0395-8

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