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Out-of-pocket expenditure and financial protection in the Chilean health care system—A systematic review

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  • Koch, Kira Johanna
  • Cid Pedraza, Camilo
  • Schmid, Andreas

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Protection against financial risk due to medical spending is an explicit health guarantee within Chile’s AUGE health reform. This paper seeks to analyze the degree to which out-of-pocket expenditure still expose Chilean households to financial catastrophe and impoverishment, and to explore inequalities in financial protection.

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  • Koch, Kira Johanna & Cid Pedraza, Camilo & Schmid, Andreas, 2017. "Out-of-pocket expenditure and financial protection in the Chilean health care system—A systematic review," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(5), pages 481-494.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:121:y:2017:i:5:p:481-494
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.02.013
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