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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2023 Background: The study investigated healthcare expenditure from the perspective of cancer patients, to determine the level of Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) and its associated factors.
Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh +2 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 +2 more
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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 +6 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 +3 more
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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 +7 more
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Factors associated with catastrophic health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
PLoS ONE, 2022 Objective A non-negligible proportion of sub-Saharan African (SSA) households experience catastrophic costs accessing healthcare. This study aimed to systematically review the existing evidence to identify factors associated with catastrophic health ...
P. Eze +5 more
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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 +2 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 in Benin: Extent, drivers, and policy implications
Asian Journal of Economic Modelling, 2023 Large out-of-pocket spending on medical issues can expose households to catastrophic health expenditure, which can result in poverty. This study aimed to estimate the extent of catastrophic health expenditure among households in Benin and to assess the ...
H. Houeninvo
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) is an important indicator of measuring health inequality. Previous studies mainly focused on specific vulnerable populations rather than a wider range of vulnerable areas through panel data. Rural China is
Weilei Zhang +4 more
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