Changes in Catastrophic Health Expenditures Depending on Health Policies in Turkey [PDF]
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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Examining the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures and its determinants using multilevel logistic regression in Malawi. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundDespite a free access to public health services policy in most sub-Saharan African countries, households still contribute to total health expenditures through out-of-pocket expenditures.
Atupele N Mulaga +2 more
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A Simple Measure of Catastrophic Health Expenditures. [PDF]
Health EconABSTRACTIn this paper, we propose a simple Watts‐type measure of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) which is an adaptation of the classic Watts poverty measure. The appeal of the proposed measure stems from the fact that it is both additively decomposable (i.e., it provides information on the contributions of the various population subgroups of ...
Ogwang T, Mwabu G.
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Catastrophic health expenditure and household impoverishment in Togo
Journal of Public Health Research, 2023 Background: The main way of financing healthcare in low-income countries continues to be out-of-pocket payments. Despite the efforts of national authorities and international partners to protect households from impoverishment arising from seeking ...
Yacobou Sanoussi +2 more
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How Do Intergenerational Economic Support, Emotional Support and Multimorbidity Affect the Catastrophic Health Expenditures of Middle-Aged and Elderly Families?–Evidence From CHARLS2018 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 ObjectivesThe elderly face multiple vulnerabilities such as health, economy and society, and are prone to catastrophic health expenditures. This study aims to analyze the impact of children's intergenerational economic support, emotional support, and ...
Shaoliang Tang +7 more
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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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Exploring dynamics in catastrophic health care expenditure in Nigeria
Health Economics Review, 2022 Background The Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme aimed at making health care accessible and affordable since it’s became operational in 2005. However, many Nigerians still pay out of pocket for medical expenses, and this drive them to incurring ...
Henry C. Edeh
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Impact of Catastrophic Health Expenditures on Chinese Household Consumption. [PDF]
Front 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
Wei N, Huang W, Zhou LL.
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Catastrophic health expenditures in hospitalized patients with delta variant of COVID-19: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2023 Background: Financial protection of populations against healthcare costs is one of the fundamental responsibilities of governments. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) and it’s affecting factors in ...
Zahra Gheinali +4 more
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Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015 Summary: This study aimed to estimate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures faced by households in Kinshasa with children affected by severe malaria.
Félicien Ilunga-Ilunga +3 more
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