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Factors affecting catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses in China: policy implications of universal health insurance

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To assess the degree to which the Chinese people are protected from catastrophic household expenditure and impoverishment from medical expenses and to explore the health system and structural factors influencing the first of these outcomes ...
Ye Li, Qunhong Wu, Ling Xu, David Legge, Yanhua Hao, Lijun Gao, Ning Ning, Gang Wan   +7 more
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Determinants of Catastrophic Dental Health Expenditure in China [PDF]

PLOS ONE, 2016
This study explored catastrophic health expenditure in China, due to out-of-pocket payments for dental care, and its associated individual- and contextual-level factors. We pooled data from 31,566 adults who participated in the third National Oral Health Survey with province-level data from different sources.
Sun, Xiangyu, Bernabé, Eduardo, Liu, Xuenan, Gallagher, Jennifer Elizabeth, Zheng, Shuguo   +4 more
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Catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014
Objective To determine the incidence of – and illnesses commonly associated with – catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal. Methods We did a cross-sectional population-based survey in five municipalities of Kathmandu Valley between ...
Eiko Saito, Stuart Gilmour, Md Mizanur Rahman, Ghan Shyam Gautam, Pradeep Krishna Shrestha, Kenji Shibuya   +5 more
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Trends in catastrophic health expenditure in India: 1993 to 2014. [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To investigate trends in out-of-pocket health-care payments and catastrophic health expenditure in India by household age composition. METHODS: We obtained data from four national consumer expenditure surveys and three health-care utilization ...
Clarke, Lynda, Dandona, Lalit, Pandey, Anamika, Ploubidis, George B   +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 remains very high for households in ...
Yacobou Sanoussi, Alexandre Yedjannavo Zounmenou, Muriel Ametoglo   +2 more
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Direct patient costs of maternal care and birth-related complications at faith-based hospitals in Madagascar: a secondary analysis of programme data using patient invoices

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives We aimed to determine the rate of catastrophic health expenditure incurred by women using maternal healthcare services at faith-based hospitals in Madagascar.Design This was a secondary analysis of programmatic data obtained from a non ...
Till Bärnighausen, Mara Anna Franke, Rinja Mitolotra Ranaivoson, Mahery Rebaliha, Sahondra Rasoarimanana, Samuel Knauss, Julius Valentin Emmrich   +6 more
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Catastrophic health care expenditure and impoverishment in Bhutan

Health Policy and Planning, 2022
Abstract Monitoring financial hardship due to out-of-pocket spending on health care is a critical determinant of progress towards universal health coverage. This study investigates the occurrence, intensity and determinants of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Bhutan using three rounds of the cross-sectional Bhutan ...
Jayendra Sharma, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prevalence and factors associated with catastrophic health expenditure among slum and non-slum dwellers undergoing emergency surgery in a metropolitan area of South Western Nigeria.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundOut of Pocket (OOP) payment continues to persist as the major mode of payment for healthcare in Nigeria despite the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Although the burden of health expenditure has been examined in some
Taiwo A Obembe, Jonathan Levin, Sharon Fonn   +2 more
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Catastrophic health expenditure and rural household impoverishment in China: what role does the new cooperative health insurance scheme play?

PLoS ONE, 2014
ObjectiveTo determine whether the New Cooperative Medical Insurance Scheme (NCMS) is associated with decreased levels of catastrophic health expenditure and reduced impoverishment due to medical expenses in rural households of China.MethodsAn analysis of
Ye Li, Qunhong Wu, Chaojie Liu, Zheng Kang, Xin Xie, Hui Yin, Mingli Jiao, Guoxiang Liu, Yanhua Hao, Ning Ning   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Out-of-pocket expenditure and catastrophic costs due to COVID-19 in Indonesia: A rapid online survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created a substantial socioeconomic impact, particularly in developing countries such as Indonesia.Purpose(s)/objective(s)This study aimed to describe the COVID-19-related out-of-pocket ...
Firdaus Hafidz, Insan Rekso Adiwibowo, Gilbert Renardi Kusila, Mahlil Ruby, Benyamin Saut, Citra Jaya, Wan Aisyiah Baros, Dedy Revelino, Erzan Dhanalvin, Ayunda Oktavia   +9 more
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