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Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure and chronic disease – do Australians forgo care because of the cost?

Emily J. Callander A D , Lisa Corscadden B and Jean-Frederic Levesque B C
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A Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia.

B Bureau of Health Information, Level 11, 67 Albert Avenue, Chatswood, NSW 2057, Australia.

C Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

D Corresponding author. Email: emily.callander@jcu.edu.au

Australian Journal of Primary Health 23(1) 15-22 https://doi.org/10.1071/PY16005
Submitted: 21 January 2016  Accepted: 23 April 2016   Published: 25 July 2016



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