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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Changes in catastrophic health expenditure in post-conflict Sierra Leone: an Oaxaca-blinder decomposition analysis [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2017 Background At the end of the eleven-year conflict in Sierra Leone, a wide range of policies were implemented to address both demand- and supply-side constraints within the healthcare system, which had collapsed during the conflict.
Ijeoma Edoka +4 more
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Catastrophic health expenditure and distress financing of breast cancer treatment in India: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study. [PDF]
Int J Equity HealthTo estimate the catastrophic health expenditure and distress financing of breast cancer treatment in India. The unit data from a longitudinal survey that followed 500 breast cancer patients treated at Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Mumbai from June 2019 to ...
Mohanty SK +4 more
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Investigating catastrophic health expenditure among people living with HIV and AIDS in South Western Nigeria [PDF]
Health Care Sci, 2023 Background This study aimed to determine the catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Lagos and to identify factors associated with CHE among them.
Adeniran A +7 more
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Associated Factors Among Hospitalized Cancer Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PDF]
Risk Manag Healthc PolicyBackground Out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures for cancer care expose households to unanticipated economic consequences. When the available health services are mainly dependent on OOP expenditure, the household faces catastrophic health expenditure ...
Matebie GY +5 more
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Catastrophic health expenditure of households with hypertension: a comparative study in China. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2023 Objectives The aim of this study was to understand the impact of multimorbidity on catastrophic health expenditures for people with hypertension. Methods Data were obtained from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2018, 8,342 ...
Zhai X +8 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Chronic disease-related catastrophic health spending is frequent in Ethiopia affecting several households, particularly the poorest ones. A community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme has been in place in Ethiopia since 2011.
Mosisa Bekele Degefa +2 more
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Rural‒urban disparities in household catastrophic health expenditure in Bangladesh: a multivariate decomposition analysis. [PDF]
Int J Equity HealthRural‒urban disparity in catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) is a well-documented challenge in low- and middle-income countries, including Bangladesh, limiting financial protection and hindering the achievement of the Universal Health Coverage ...
Rahman T, Gasbarro D, Alam K, Alam K.
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Understanding variation in catastrophic health expenditure from socio-ecological aspect: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Public HealthOut-of-pocket (OOP) payment is one of many countries’ main financing options for health care. High OOP payments push them into financial catastrophe and the resultant impoverishment.
Mohsin K, Ahsan M, Haider M.
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Cost of hospitalization for childbirth in India: how equitable it is in the post-NRHM era? [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2017 Background and objective Information on out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure during childbirth in public and private health facilities in India is needed to make rational decisions for improving affordability to maternal care services. We undertook this study
Jaya Prasad Tripathy +4 more
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