Catastrophic health care spending and impoverishment in Kenya.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on November 21, 2012

Authors

Jane Chuma1, Thomas Maina

Author Affiliations

1: Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. jchuma@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org

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