Health Expenditure Shocks and Household Poverty Amidst COVID-19 in Uganda: How Catastrophic?
In this paper, we utilize the 2019/20 Uganda National Household Survey data to answer three related questions: (i) To what extent did out-of-pocket payments (OOPs) for health care services exceed the threshold for household financial catastrophe amidst COVID-19? (ii) What is the impoverishing effect...
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Main Authors: | Dablin Mpuuga, Sawuya Nakijoba, Bruno L. Yawe |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-05-01
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Series: | Economies |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/6/149 |
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