Household catastrophic healthcare expenditure and impoverishment due to rotavirus gastroenteritis requiring hospitalization in Malaysia.

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Published in PLoS One on May 05, 2015

Authors

Tharani Loganathan1, Way-Seah Lee2, Kok-Foo Lee3, Mark Jit4, Chiu-Wan Ng1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2: Department of Paediatrics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; University Malaya Paediatric and Child Health Research Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
3: Paediatric Department, Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.
4: Modeling and Economics Unit, Public Health England, London, United Kingdom; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

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