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Impact of Catastrophic Health Expenditures on Chinese Household Consumption [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
China has built a social medical insurance system that covers the entire population so as to reduce the impact of diseases on individuals and families. Although the decline in the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) in China is encouraging, this issue remains important. On the basis of considering selectivity bias and heterogeneity, we
Ning Wei, Wenhao Huang, Lü-lin Zhou
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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 household expenditure on health in Nepal: a cross-sectional survey

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2014
Objective To determine the incidence of – and illnesses commonly associated with – catastrophic household expenditure on health in Nepal. Methods We did a cross-sectional population-based survey in five municipalities of Kathmandu Valley between ...
Eiko Saito, Stuart Gilmour, Md Mizanur Rahman, Ghan Shyam Gautam, Pradeep Krishna Shrestha, Kenji Shibuya   +5 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 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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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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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
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Impact Of Health Policies On Catastrophic Health Expenditures In Turkey [PDF]

Value in Health, 2017
[Abstract Not Available]
Kockaya, G., Tuncay, B., Aygun, A., Yildirim, J.   +3 more
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Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016

International Health, 2021
Background Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial risk protection of many households. Methods We aimed to investigate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE)
Sayem Ahmed, M. Ahmed, M. Hasan, Gazi Golam Mehdi, Z. Islam, C. Rehnberg, L. Niessen, Jahangir A. M. Khan   +7 more
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