Title: Poverty, user fees and ability to pay for health care for children with suspected dengue in rural Cambodia

Authors: Khun, Sokrin and Manderson, Lenore

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2008

Journal: International journal for equity in health

Volume: Vol. 7, No. 10

PAGE: --

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health economics, poverty, health care delivery, cambodia

Abstract: The direct costs for health care and medical services, and added indirect costs, deterred poor women from presenting with sick children. They had to finance health spending through out-of-pocket payments and loans, or sold property to meet the costs.

URL: http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/pdf/1475-9276-7-10.pdf

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