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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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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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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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Changes in Catastrophic Health Expenditures Depending on Health Policies in Turkey
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Without any financial protection out of pocket health expenses are essential both because their increase causes difficulties in accessing higher quality health services for households and more importantly because it complicates access to most basic ...
Guvenc Kockaya +2 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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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 +3 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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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 Background An increase in healthcare utilization in response to universal health coverage may leave massive economic burden on individuals and households. Identifying catastrophic health expenditure helps us understand such burden.
Xi Li +4 more
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The effect of community based health insurance on catastrophic health expenditure in Northeast Ethiopia: A cross sectional study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 INTRODUCTION:Moving towards the goal of universal health coverage requires strengthening service delivery and overcoming significant financial barriers.
Asnakew Molla Mekonen +2 more
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Catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Mongolia [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2016 The social health insurance coverage is relatively high in Mongolia; however, escalation of out-of-pocket payments for health care, which reached 41 % of the total health expenditure in 2011, is a policy concern. The aim of this study is to analyse the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures and to measure the rate of impoverishment from health ...
Dorjdagva, J +4 more
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