Results 31 to 40 of about 67,005 (291)

Impoverishing effects of catastrophic health expenditures in Malawi [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017
Out of pocket (OOP) health spending can potentially expose households to risk of incurring large medical bills, and this may impact on their welfare. This work investigates the effect of catastrophic OOP on the incidence and depth of poverty in Malawi.The paper is based on data that was collected from 12,271 households that were interviewed during the ...
Martina Mchenga, Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Levison S. Chiwaula   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Out-of-pocket expenditure and catastrophic health expenditure for hospitalization due to injuries in public sector hospitals in North India.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BACKGROUND:Injuries are a major public health problem, resulting in high health care demand and economic burden. They result in loss of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) and high out-of-pocket expenditure.
Shankar Prinja, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Deepshikha Sharma, Sameer Aggarwal, Swati Katoch, P V M Lakshmi, Rebecca Ivers   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catastrophic health-care expenditure and willingness to pay for health insurance in a metropolitan city: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2018
Background: Health insurance can be a very useful strategy to mitigate the disabling effects of catastrophic health expenditure in India. Objectives: The aim of the study is to estimate catastrophic health expenditure incurred and the willingness to pay ...
Rujuta Sachin Hadaye, Jerome Gnanasigamony Thampi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in out of pocket payments and catastrophic health expenditure in the Kyrgyz Republic post “Manas Taalimi” and “Den Sooluk” health reforms, 2012–2018

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background Over the years, the Kyrgyz Republic has implemented health reforms that target health financing with the aim of removing financial barriers to healthcare including out-of-pocket health payments (OOPPs). This study examines the trends in OOPPs,
Mariia Iamshchikova, Roman Mogilevskii, Michael Nnachebe Onah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Turkey: Analysis of the 2003-2008 Household Budget Surveys [PDF]

, 2014
This paper analyses the prevalence of ‘catastrophic’ out-of-pocket health expenditure in Turkey and identifies the factors which are associated with its risk using the Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2003 to 2008.
Arne Risa Hole, Berki, Deaton, Dilek Kilic, Erus, European Commission, Greene, Heckman, Kawabata, Kisa, Knaul, Makinen, Murray, O'Donnell, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Organization for Economic Co-operation, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pradhan, Ranson, Russell, Sarah Brown, Sartori, Savas, Sepehri, Sulku, Tansel, Tatar, Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Wagstaff, Wagstaff, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Wyszewianski, Xu, Yardim   +36 more
core   +1 more source

Catastrophic Health Expenditure among Chronic Patients Attending Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2021
Yohannes Shumet,1 Solomon Ahmed Mohammed,2 Mesfin Haile Kahissay,2 Birhanu Demeke2 1Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Science, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia; 2Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health ...
Shumet Y, Mohammed SA, Kahissay MH, Demeke B   +3 more
doaj  

Catastrophic health expenditures incurred by families in 2003, 2009 and 2018 in the Federal District, Brazil: evolution and composition [PDF]

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To investigate the evolution of prevalence of catastrophic health expenditure in the Brazilian Federal District at three different times (2003, 2009 and 2018), as well, to identify the composition of outof- pocket expenditure in the respective ...
Pedro Henrique Alves Santos, Theo da Fonseca Torres, Letícia Xander Russo, Everton Nunes da Silva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining catastrophic health expenditures at variable thresholds using household consumption expenditure diaries [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2011
SummaryObjective  Using uniform thresholds and a set of variable threshold levels, this study examined the incidence of catastrophe amongst households of different socio‐economic status (SES) quintiles.Methods  A household diary was used to collect illness and household consumption expenditure data from 1128 households over 1 month. Catastrophic health
Chima A, Onoka, Obinna E, Onwujekwe, Kara, Hanson, Benjamin S, Uzochukwu   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Effect of urban and rural resident basic medical insurance on catastrophic health expenditure in China

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng
ObjectiveTo analyze the impact of the urban and rural resident basic medical insurance on catastrophic health expenditure in Chinese residents. MethodsData from the 2020 China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) were used.
Wendi LIU, Zihan XU, Yan WANG, Ziyi WANG, Faqiang ZHANG, Kehu YANG, Xuefeng WEI, Xiuxia LI   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catastrophic health expenditure and household well-being [PDF]

, 2008
According to the catastrophic health expenditure methodology a household is in catastrophe if its health out-of-pocket budget share exceeds a critical threshold. We develop a conceptual framework for addressing three questions in relation to this methodology, namely: 1. Can a budget share be informative about the sign of a change in welfare? 2.
Abul Naga Ramses, H., Lamiraud, Karine
core   +5 more sources