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A Prospective Study on Direct Out-of-Pocket Expenses of Hospitalized Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Philippine tertiary care center
2023-02-27
Abstract excerpt
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines and the majority of the economic burden lies in hospitalizations during an exacerbation. Despite coverage of hospitalization costs with the national health insurance system (PhilHealth) for COPD exacerbations, patients often pay out-of-pocket. This study aimed to determine the demographic characteristics...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7d51ae90-feec-583d-a6f6-1774e75df694
- DOI
- 10.32388/ec1j6d
