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Fairness of Health Financing before and after Introduction of Iranian Health Sector Evolution Plan: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Since out-of-pocket payments of household are a serious obstacle to the equitable utilization of health services, paying attention to the direct payment of households and, consequently, incidence of catastrophic health expenditures should ...
Soraya Nouraei Motlagh   +3 more
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Determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in iran.

open access: yesIranian journal of public health, 2013
This study will provide detailed specification of those variables and determinants of unpredictable health expenditure in Iran, and the requirements to reduce extensive effects of the factors affecting households' payments for health and other goods and services inappropriately.This study aims to identify measures of fair financing of health services ...
M Abolhallaje   +4 more
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Household catastrophic health expenditure related to pain in Korea

open access: yesThe Korean Journal of Pain, 2023
The data related to pain and catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) needed to be further explored. This study aims to understand the relationship between pain and CHE.Using cross-sectional analysis of 4-year data (2015-2018) from the Korea Health Panel, the prevalence of CHE and adjusted odds ratio (AOR) by pain type were confirmed.Among participants (n
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Out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Turkey: analysis of the household budget surveys 2002-2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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 2002 to 2008.
Basar, D., Brown, S., Hole, A.R.
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Households encountering with catastrophic health expenditures in Ferdows, Iran

open access: yesJournal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 2014
Out-of-pocket payments are the main sources of healthcare financing in most developing countries. Healthcare services can impose a massive cost burden on households, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to calculate households encountered with catastrophic healthcare expenditures in Ferdows, Iran.The sample included 100 ...
Javad, Ghoddoosinejad   +3 more
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The Impoverishing Effect of Ill Health: Evidence from the Western Balkans [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the extent to which the health systems of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) have succeeded in providing financial protection against adverse health events.
Caryn Bredenkamp   +2 more
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Estimation of Out-of-Pocket and Catastrophic Expenditures among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases in Khuzestan

open access: yesپیاورد سلامت, 2017
Background and Aim: The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed special emphasis on the protection of families against the costs of health services. Patients suffer not only from the burden of a disease, but also from the burden of their health costs.
Sara Emamgholipour   +3 more
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The impoverishing effect of adverse health events : evidence from the western Balkans [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper investigates the extent to which the health systems of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo) have succeeded in providing financial protection against adverse health events.
Bredenkamp, Caryn   +2 more
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Employee Health Insurance Decisions In a Flexible Benefits Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
Empirical investigations of flexible benefits plans, an increasingly popular type of plan that allows employees to choose among multiple benefits options, have been limited. This study investigates hypotheses relating to the determinants of employees\u27
Barringer, Melissa W.   +2 more
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Financing Healthcare Services for the Poor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper was written as part of Shujog Research's Financial Innovation for Poverty Reduction Series. It studies the challenges and gaps in the funding of healthcare provision in Asia, and evaluates several innovative financing solutions that can help ...

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