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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
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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
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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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Who Have a Higher Risk of Falling Into Catastrophic Health Expenditures?

Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2021
Catastrophic health expenditure is one of the challenges Indonesia faces in achieving Universal Health Coverage. Aside from being a financial disaster, the incident caused by out-of-pocket health expenditure exceeding a fixed limit can drive people into ...
Amalia Noviani
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Poverty in Pakistan

The Pakistan Development Review, 2021
The current study has estimated the incidences, intensity and impacts of catastrophic health expenditures for Pakistan. For the analysis, two thresholds are used to define catastrophic health payments (1) if health expenditures are 10 percent or above of household consumption, and (2) if they are 40 percent or above of household
Shujaat Farooq, Faham Masud
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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
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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
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Multiple Sclerosis and Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Iran

Global Journal of Health Science, 2016
<p><strong>BACKGROUND: </strong>There are many disabling medical conditions which can result in catastrophic health expenditure. Multiple Sclerosis is one of the most costly medical conditions through the world which encounter families to the catastrophic health expenditures.
Juyani Y, Hamedi D, Hosseini Jebeli SS, Qasham M   +3 more
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Equity and extent of financial risk protection indicators during COVID-19 pandemic in rural part of Tamil Nadu, India

Heliyon, 2023
Catastrophic health expenditure [CHE] in India is on a rise. This situation would worsen even further when resources are disproportionately distributed across various socioeconomic classes.
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy, Sathish Rajaa, Isha Sinha, Murali Krishnan, Gerald Samuel, Krishna Kanth   +5 more
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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
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