Abstract:Accountability of any health system does not ends with improving health. The vulnerability (to incur catastrophic health expenditure and coping mechanism) of this slum population was mostly pertaining to availability of acceptable healthcare services, accessing healthcare services and being forced to pay for it out-of-pocket. Determinant factors for vulnerability to incur catastrophic health expenditure and coping mechanism majorly included services availed. Determinants that affected the choice of coping mech… Show more
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