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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The link between poverty and health is well established worldwide, but the connection is both direct (lack of access to health services) and indirect (lack of awareness about health-related issues). Poverty helps produce ailments and ill-health pushes people towards poverty. It is a vicious cycle. Socioeconomic conditions create situations that can lead to ill-health. Health emergencies can cost individuals and families, dearly aggravating poverty. According to the World Bank, 25 percent of hospitalized people in India fall below the poverty line. In Pakistan, little research based on empirical data has been found to understand the link between health and poverty. However, a World Bank study found out that approximately four percent of the population in Pakistan falls into poverty due to health shocks each year.
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