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Using the Black Scholes method for estimating high cost illness insurance premiums in Colombia

Innovar: Revista de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, 2009
This article applied the Black-Scholes option valuation formula to calculating high-cost illness reinsurance premiums in the Colombian health system. The coverage pattern used in reinsuring high-cost illnesses was replicated by means of a European call ...
Liliana Chicaíza, David Cabedo
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Comparison of two cash transfer strategies to prevent catastrophic costs for poor tuberculosis-affected households in low- and middle-income countries: An economic modelling study.

PLoS Medicine, 2017
BackgroundIllness-related costs for patients with tuberculosis (TB) ≥20% of pre-illness annual household income predict adverse treatment outcomes and have been termed "catastrophic." Social protection initiatives, including cash transfers, are endorsed ...
William E Rudgard, Carlton A Evans, Sedona Sweeney, Tom Wingfield, Knut Lönnroth, Draurio Barreira, Delia Boccia   +6 more
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Catastrophic household expenditure for health care in a low-income society: a study from Nouna District, Burkina Faso

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To quantify the extent of catastrophic household health care expenditure and determine the factors responsible for it in Nouna District, Burkina Faso.
Su Tin Tin, Kouyaté Bocar, Flessa Steffen   +2 more
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Catastrophic expenditure associated with childhood hospitalisation for acute illness in Kenya and Uganda: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Public Health
Introduction Childhood illness and hospitalisation result in both direct and indirect costs to families before, during and after admission. We aimed to estimate the catastrophic expenditure during hospitalisation for children with acute illness.Methods ...
Sassy Molyneux, Johnstone Thitiri, Laura Mwalekwa, Molline Timbwa, Anna Vassall, Kirkby D Tickell, Judd L Walson, James Berkley, John Mukisa, Ezekiel Mupere, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Priya Sukhtankar, Sheila Murunga, Julie Jemutai, George Paasi, Benson Singa, Shalton Mwaringa, Rebecca Gathoni Njuguna, Yoko V Laurence, Caroline Ogwang, Mwanajuma Juma, Narshion Ngao, Christina Lancioni, Md Fakhar Uddin   +23 more
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Out-of-Pocket Expenditure in Hypertension Related Care in India: Estimates from National Sample Survey 2017-18

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 2023
Background: Studies estimating treatment cost associated with hypertension care in the Indian context are limited and show considerable variations. Objective: To estimate the extent of out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for hypertension care at the ...
Subramania Raju Rajasulochana, Parthibane S, Saravanan E, Mathan Kumar, Jeyanthi E, Anurag Gola, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar   +6 more
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Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart, Bayan Abubakr, Beltina Gjeloshi, Dieter Pfoser   +3 more
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Can Access to Financial Markets Be an Important Option for Rural Families to Break the Return to Poverty Due to Illness in China?

Agriculture
Background: In China’s post-epidemic era, the income of rural households has decreased, and the function of property preservation and appreciation is expected to weaken, which gives the financial market an increasingly prominent role in blocking the ...
Zeyang Sun, Xiaocang Xu
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Catastrophic Health Expenditure among Chronic Patients Attending Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2021
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 ...
Shumet Y, Mohammed SA, Kahissay MH, Demeke B   +3 more
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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Christia Meidiana, Abdelkader Anouzla, Faissal Aziz, Imran Ali, Joan Cecilia C. Casila, M. Imran Khan, Dongdong Zhang, Meihui Jiang, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan Othman, Md Munir Hayet Khan, Kasun Kumara Dissanayake   +12 more
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The socioeconomic burden of pediatric tuberculosis and role of child-sensitive social protection

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Households of children with tuberculosis (TB) experience financial and social hardships, but TB-specific social protection initiatives primarily focus on adults.
Kinari Shah, Jascent Nakafeero, Jillian L. Kadota, Peter Wambi, Gertrude Nanyonga, Emma Kiconco, Atwiine Deus, Moorine P. Sekadde, Mary G. Nabukenya-Mudiope, Hellen Aanyu- Tukamuhebwa, Ezekiel Mupere, Swomitra Mohanty, Adithya Cattamanchi, Eric Wobudeya, Priya B. Shete, Devan Jaganath   +15 more
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