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Comment on: “Disease-Specific Out-of-Pocket Payments, Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Impoverishment Effects in India: An Analysis of National Health Survey Data”

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  1. Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India

    Nafis Faizi

  2. Department of Community Medicine, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, New Delhi, India

    Yasir Alvi

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Faizi, N., Alvi, Y. Comment on: “Disease-Specific Out-of-Pocket Payments, Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Impoverishment Effects in India: An Analysis of National Health Survey Data”. Appl Health Econ Health Policy 19, 783–784 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-021-00650-8

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