Out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines in Bangladesh: An analysis of the national household income and expenditure survey 2016-17.
Edson Serván-MoriMd Deen IslamWarren A KaplanRachel ThrasherVeronika J WirtzPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Our study shows that financial protection should be targeted at the poorest quintiles and such protection should include enrollment of rural households. Further, outpatient medicines benefits should include those for non-communicable diseases (NCDs).