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Catastrophic expenditure on medicines in Brazil [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2016
OBJECTIVE To describe the magnitude of the expenditure on medicines in Brazil according to region, household size and composition in terms of residents in a situation of dependency. METHODS Population-based data from the national household survey were
Vera Lucia Luiza, Noemia Urruth Leão Tavares, Maria Auxiliadora Oliveira, Paulo Sergio Dourado Arrais, Luiz Roberto Ramos, Tatiane da Silva Dal Pizzol, Sotero Serrate Mengue, Mareni Rocha Farias, Andréa Dâmaso Bertoldi   +8 more
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Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
Background Utilizing surgical services, including caesarean sections, can result in catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment. In 2010, Sierra Leone introduced the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), a national financial risk protection program for the
Alex J. van Duinen, Josien Westendorp, Thomas Ashley, Lars Hagander, Hampus Holmer, Alimamy P. Koroma, Andrew J. M. Leather, Mark G. Shrime, Arne Wibe, Håkon A. Bolkan   +9 more
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Rising Catastrophic Expenditure on Households Due to Tuberculosis: Is India Moving Away From the END-TB Goal? [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Introduction: One of the targets of the END-TB strategy is to ensure zero catastrophic expenditure on households due to TB. The information about household catastrophic expenditure is limited in India and, therefore difficult to monitor. The objective is
Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, V. R. Muraleedharan, Jamhoih Tonsing   +3 more
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National sample surveys show poor households face catastrophic expenditure for oral healthcare services in India [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021
Introduction: Globally people pay out-of-pocket (OOP) to access Oral healthcare services. In India, there is limited evidence on estimates of OOP expenditure. We undertook an analysis of national sample survey data on household health care expenditure to
Banuru Muralidhara Prasad, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Om Prakash Bera, Namita Shanbhag   +3 more
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Use of high-level health facilities and catastrophic expenditure in Vietnam: can health insurance moderate this relationship? [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Overcrowding of high-level health facilities is a major concern in a Vietnamese health system. This may increase an economic burden to the households since health insurance is still insufficient in providing financial risk protection.
Hwa-Young Lee, Juhwan Oh, Van Minh Hoang, J. Robin Moon, S. V. Subramanian   +4 more
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Cost of hospitalization for childbirth in India: how equitable it is in the post-NRHM era? [PDF]

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Background and objective Information on out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure during childbirth in public and private health facilities in India is needed to make rational decisions for improving affordability to maternal care services. We undertook this study
Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Hemant D. Shewade, Sanskruti Mishra, A. M. V. Kumar, A. D. Harries   +4 more
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Changes in catastrophic health expenditure in post-conflict Sierra Leone: an Oaxaca-blinder decomposition analysis [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Background At the end of the eleven-year conflict in Sierra Leone, a wide range of policies were implemented to address both demand- and supply-side constraints within the healthcare system, which had collapsed during the conflict.
Ijeoma Edoka, Barbara McPake, Tim Ensor, Rogers Amara, Joseph Edem-Hotah   +4 more
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Catastrophic expenditure to pay for surgery worldwide: a modelling study [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: Approximately 150 million individuals worldwide face catastrophic expenditure each year from medical costs alone, and the non-medical costs of accessing care increase that number.
Dr. Mark G Shrime, MD, Anna J Dare, MBChB, Blake C Alkire, MD, Kathleen O'Neill, BS, John G Meara, MD   +4 more
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National and Provincial Estimates of Catastrophic Health Expenditure and its Determinants in Nepal

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Background: Despite various supply-side efforts, out of pocket expenditure occupies a considerable portion of healthcare financing in Nepal. With the recent process of federalization in country, there is additional scope for contextualized planning at ...
Arjun Kumar Thapa, Achyut Raj Pandey
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Effect of socioeconomic status and healthcare provider on post-transplantation care in Malaysia: A multi-centre survey of kidney transplant recipients.

PLoS ONE, 2023
IntroductionAs the rate of end-stage kidney disease rises, there is an urgent need to consider the catastrophic health expenditure of post-transplantation care. Even a small amount of out-of-pocket payment for healthcare can negatively affect households'
Peter Gan Kim Soon, Sanjay Rampal, Soo Kun Lim, Tin Tin Su   +3 more
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