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Catastrophic health expenditure: A comparative analysis of smoking and non-smoking households in China.

PLoS ONE, 2020
INTRODUCTION:Smoking is hazardous to health and places a heavy economic burden on individuals and their families. Clearly, smoking in China is prevalent since China is the largest consumer of tobacco in the world.
Zhigang Zhong, Han Wei, Lian Yang, Tingting Yao, Zhengzhong Mao, Qun Sun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Correlates of Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Health Expenditures in Tanzania: Results from a National Household Survey. [PDF]

, 2014
Inequality in health services access and utilization are influenced by out-of-pocket health expenditures in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
A Basu, A Boutayeb, AL Coker, AS Duba, B Harris, B McElroy, CA Onoka, D Gregori, D McIntyre, DH Luong, E Albanese, E Van Doorslaer, EJ Kayombo, Ethel Mary Brinda, G Mtei, G Mtei, G Pablo, G Sen, GN Mbeh, J Sandefur, JA Schellenberg, JM Jefferis, JP Jütting, K Peltzer, K Xu, KS Jacob, LA Aday, LM Verhagen, LM Waweru, M Freeman, M Makinen, Ministry of Health, N Nxumalo, O Bhattacharyya, O Maestad, O Onwujekwe, P Musgrove, PH van Baal, R Kilian, R Uwakwe, RM Sousa, Rodriguez Antonio Andrés, S Haddad, S Osmani, S Vyas, TT Su, Ulrika Enemark, United Nations, WG Manning, WL Anderson, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, X You   +53 more
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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 healthcare, the risk of incurring catastrophic healthcare expenses remains very high for households in ...
Yacobou Sanoussi, Alexandre Yedjannavo Zounmenou, Muriel Ametoglo   +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, Milena Pavlova, Wim Groot   +2 more
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The financial burden of morbidity in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
Large HIV care programs frequently subsidize antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and CD4 tests, but patients must often pay for other health-related drugs and services.
Arnousse Beaulière, Siaka Touré, Pierre-Kébreau Alexandre, Koko Koné, Alex Pouhé, Bertin Kouadio, Neige Journy, Jérôme Son, Virginie Ettiègne-Traoré, François Dabis, Serge Eholié, Xavier Anglaret   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can insurance reduce catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure? [PDF]

, 2008
In India, the out-of-pocket health expenditure by households accounts for around 70 percent of the total expenditure on health. Large out-of-pocket payments may reduce consumption expenditure on other goods and services and push households into poverty ...
Rama Joglekar
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Socioeconomic inequality in catastrophic health expenditure in Brazil [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública, 2014
OBJECTIVE To analyze the evolution of catastrophic health expenditure and the inequalities in such expenses, according to the socioeconomic characteristics of Brazilian families.METHODS Data from the National Household Budget 2002-2003 (48,470 households) and 2008-2009 (55,970 households) were analyzed.
Boing, Alexandra Crispim, Bertoldi, Andrea Damaso, Dornellas de Barros, Aluisio Jardim, Posenato, Leila Garcia, Peres, Karen Glazer   +4 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Out-of-pocket payments and catastrophic expenditures due to traffic injuries in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Health Economics Review, 2021
Objective To estimate the out-of-pocket expenditures linked to Road Traffic Injuries in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, as well as the prevalence of catastrophic expenditures among those out-of-pocket payments, and to identify the socio-economic determinants ...
Laurène Petitfour, Emmanuel Bonnet, Isadora Mathevet, Aude Nikiema, Valéry Ridde   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
openaire   +2 more sources

Equitable realization of the right to health in Haiti: how household data inform health seeking behavior and financial risk protection

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background Though the right to health is included in Haiti’s constitution, little progress has been made to expand universal health coverage nationwide, a strategy to ensure access to health services for all, while preventing financial hardship among the
Marion Cros, Eleonora Cavagnero, Jean Patrick Alfred, Mirja Sjoblom, Nicolas Collin, Tania Mathurin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source