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Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationOBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence and describe the profile of catastrophic expenditures and impoverishment due to household out-of-pocket payments, comparing the periods before and after the introduction of universal health care coverage (UC). METHODS:
Supon Limwattananon +2 more
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Catastrophic expenditure for health care in Myanmar
, 2015 Protecting households from the catastrophic health care expenditure is important for every health system because it can prevent some people from seeking care and result in impoverishment. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was done in 2014 to determine the magnitude of the catastrophic health care expenditure and its relationship with income ...
Oo, Win Myint +6 more
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Payesh, 2018 Objective (s): health transformational plan was executed as one the most important plans by the ministry of health and medical education in order to reduce admission fees. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan, this study was conducted with
Mohammad Khammarnia +10 more
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Health inequalities and development plans in Iran: An analysis of the past three decades (1984–2010) [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Reducing inequalities in health care is one of the main challenges in all countries. In Iran as in other oil-exporting upper middle income countries, we expected to witness fewer inequalities especially in the health sector with the ...
Driessen, J +4 more
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Determinants of Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure: A Systematic Review
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 The World Health Organization estimates that annually 150 million people experience severe (catastrophic) financial difficulties as a result of healthcare payments. Therefore, a systematic review was carried out to identify the determinants of household catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) in low-to high-income countries around the world.
Azzani, Meram +2 more
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مدیریت اطلاعات سلامت, 2014 Introduction: Financing the health expenditures in societies which lack the prepaid mechanisms, and is often done through pay out of pocket, cause to take the financial burden to households and they face catastrophic health expenditures.
Shahram Fattahi, Ameneh Naderi
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Measuring financial protection in health [PDF]
Health systems are not just about improving health: good ones also ensure that people are protected from the financial consequences of receiving medical care. Anecdotal evidence suggests health systems often perform badly in this respect, apparently with
Wagstaff, Adam
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Frontiers in Public HealthObjectivesIn accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO)'s “End TB Strategy,” which aims to eradicate catastrophic expenditures faced by TB-affected families, we intend to thoroughly investigate and comprehend the economic burden, catastrophic ...
Xiaoxue Ma +9 more
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Are health care payments in Albania catastrophic? Evidence form ALSMS 2002, 2005 and 2008 [PDF]
The absent or poorly functioning risk pooling mechanisms and high amounts of out-of-pocket payments for health care expose households to financial risks associated with major illnesses or accidents. The aim of this paper is to analyse the extent to which
Packard, Truman G., Tomini, Sonila
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Measuring Catastrophic Health Expenditure: Innovation and Validation
, 2019 This research attempts to provide an innovative approach to measuring Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) that captures the dynamics of household assets globally. CHE is a major cause that pushes households into poverty or forces households already in poverty into even deeper poverty.
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