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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 ...
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Introduction Multimorbidity is common among patients with diabetes and can lead to catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) for their families. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of multimorbidity and CHE among people with diabetes in China, and ...
Yuzhe Fu, Mingsheng Chen, L. Si
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Poverty in Pakistan
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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Background Catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) are out-of-pocket payments (OOP) that exceed a predefined percentage or threshold of a household’s resources, usually 40 %, that can push households into poverty in China.
Cai Liu +3 more
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure among Developing Countries
Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) occurs when medical cost is equal or exceeding 40% of a household’s non-Poverty and poor health are common consequences of CHE and vice versa. CHE occurs in the form of out of pocket spending on healthcare. Poverty, type of illness, lack of health insurance all contribute to CHE. Health financing mechanisms
Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Yasmin Almualm
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Health care payments in the asia pacific: validation of five survey measures of economic burden [PDF]
Introduction: Many low and middle-income countries rely on out-of-pocket payments to help finance health care. These payments can pose financial hardships for households; valid measurement of this type of economic burden is therefore critical. This study
Reddy, Sheila R +4 more
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Sarcopenia was thought to be associated with adverse outcomes and will cause lots of health expenditure. But the relationship between sarcopenia and catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) had been little explored.
C. Ye +6 more
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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 +5 more
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Factors that affect the uptake of community-based health insurance in low-income and middle-income countries : a systematic protocol [PDF]
Many people residing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are regularly exposed to catastrophic healthcare expenditure. It is therefore pertinent that LMICs should finance their health systems in ways that ensure that their citizens can use ...
Adebayo, E. F. +5 more
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Background In recent years, the goal of universal coverage of the basic medical insurance schemes has been basically achieved in China, but the heavy economic burden of diseases is still the main cause of poverty in many households.
Xian-zhi Fu
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