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Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Turkey
Health Policy, 2010This study aims to identify the level of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in Turkey and, to reveal household factors predicting this outcome.CHE is calculated from a national representative data derived from TurkStat, Household Budget Survey, Consumption Expenditures, 2006.
Mahmut Saadi, Yardim +2 more
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Institutional Financing of Catastrophic Health Expenditures
Philippine Journal of Development, 2015Patients' financial protection is considered a key component of health systems and has been a consistent policy goal of the Department of Health. Of paramount importance are catastrophic health expenditures, which can severely restrict affected patients and families' access to much-needed services, contribute to (further) impoverishment, or both.
Valerie Gilbert Ulep +1 more
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Household catastrophic health expenditure: a multicountry analysis
The Lancet, 2003Health policy makers have long been concerned with protecting people from the possibility that ill health will lead to catastrophic financial payments and subsequent impoverishment. Yet catastrophic expenditure is not rare. We investigated the extent of catastrophic health expenditure as a first step to developing appropriate policy responses.We used a
Ke, Xu +5 more
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Characteristics of Catastrophic Hospital Expenditures
1984Financially catastrophic illness occurs relatively infrequently. Depending on how it is defined, in any one year it affects 1.0 to 2.0% of the non-institutionalized population but accounts for about 20% of health care expenditures. This report of a study of the incidence and characteristics of catastrophic inpatient episodes is based on the analysis of
S. E. Berki +2 more
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Catastrophic Expenditure for Health in the Philippines
Acta Medica Philippina, 2022Catastrophic expenditure occurs when a household allocates more than 40% of its effective, or non-subsistence, income for health expenditures.1,2 In general, low-income households, those with older persons or persons with disabilities, and families with members requiring healthcare for chronic illnesses are more likely to experience this phenomenon.
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Measuring catastrophic medical expenditures: Reflections on three issues
Health Economics, 2019AbstractIn the “basic” approach, medical expenses are catastrophic if they exceed a prespecified percentage of consumption or income; the approach tells us if expenses cause a large percentage reduction in living standards. The ability‐to‐pay (ATP) approach defines expenses as catastrophic if they exceed a prespecified percentage of consumption less ...
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Post-marketing observational trials and catastrophic health expenditure
BMJ, 2012Over the past decade, one of the world’s largest insulin manufacturers, Novo Nordisk, has worked hard on its social responsibility profile. In 2001, the company launched an equity pricing scheme for its insulins in 50 of the world’s poorest countries.1 This might have been triggered by the unease felt across Denmark at the company’s participation, with
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Catastrophic healthcare expenditure – Drivers and protection: The Portuguese case
Health Policy, 2014The objective of this paper is to assess the extent of catastrophic healthcare expenditure, which can lead to impoverishment, even in a country with a National Health Service, such as Portugal. The level of catastrophic healthcare expenditure will be identified before the determinants of these catastrophic payments are analyzed. Afterwards, the effects
Christoph, Kronenberg +1 more
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Families with catastrophic health care expenditures.
Health services research, 1987This article describes the characteristics of families with catastrophic health care expenditures. Based on data from a national sample, three overlapping groups of families are considered: those incurring annual out-of-pocket expenditures that exceed, respectively, 5, 10, and 20 percent of the family's income.
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