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 +8 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
Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Muraleedharan V R
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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 +9 more
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Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2011 Background: Fairness in financial contribution for health was determined by WHO (World Health Report, 2000) as the third goal of health systems which is measured by fairness in financial contribution index (FFCI).
A Daneshkohan +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 +3 more
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Catastrophic health expenditure and household impoverishment in Togo
Journal of Public Health Research, 2023 Background: The main way of financing healthcare in low-income countries continues to be out-of-pocket payments. Despite the efforts of national authorities and international partners to protect households from impoverishment arising from seeking healthcare, the risk of incurring catastrophic healthcare expenses
Yacobou Sanoussi, Alexandre Zounmenou
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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 +4 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in Brazil [PDF]
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2014 OBJECTIVE To analyze the evolution of catastrophic health expenditure and the inequalities in such expenses, according to the socioeconomic characteristics of Brazilian families.
Alexandra Crispim Boing +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 +4 more
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Catastrophic health expenditure [PDF]
The Lancet, 2003 Sir—Ke Xu and colleagues’ article1 raises important questions about health expenditure and the financial security of households, an issue that has, as noted by the authors, “long been ignored on the health policy agenda”. Xu and co-workers’ study adds to the evidence on the effect of health systems on households, and the time has come to put this and ...
Wim Van Damme +3 more
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