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Health Coverage and Financial Protection in Uganda: A Political Economy Perspective [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
Background  As countries health financing policies supporting progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), an analysis of these policies is particularly relevant in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). In 2001, the government of Uganda abolished
Maria Nannini, Mario Biggeri, Giovanni Putoto   +2 more
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Financial Protection in Health among the Elderly – A Global Stocktake

Health Systems & Reform, 2021
Universal Health Coverage is one of the key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals and it implies that everyone can access the healthcare they need without suffering financial hardship.
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou, Sven Neelsen, Marc-Francois Smitz   +2 more
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Consumer Financial Protection [PDF]

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2011
The recent financial crisis has led many to question how well businesses deliver services and how well regulatory institutions address problems in consumer financial markets. This paper discusses consumer financial regulation, emphasizing the full range of arguments for regulation that derive from market failure and from limited consumer rationality in
Brigitte Madrian, Peter Tufano, John Y Campbell   +2 more
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The impact of National Health Insurance upon accessibility of health services and financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure: a case study of Savannakhet province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2019
Introduction Many schemes have been implemented by the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to provide equity in health service utilisation. Initially, health service utilisations were fully supported by the government and were subsequently
Somdeth Bodhisane, Sathirakorn Pongpanich   +1 more
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On the Measurement of Financial Protection: An Assessment of the Usefulness of the Catastrophic Health Expenditure Indicator to Monitor Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

Health Systems & Reform, 2020
Ensuring financial protection (FP) against health expenditures is a key component of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8, which aims to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Karen A. Grépin, Bridget R. Irwin, Benjamin Sas Trakinsky   +2 more
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Inequalities in the benefits of national health insurance on financial protection from out-of-pocket payments and access to health services: cross-sectional evidence from Ghana.

Health Policy and Planning, 2019
A central pillar of universal health coverage (UHC) is to achieve financial protection from catastrophic health expenditure. There are concerns, however, that national health insurance programmes with premiums may not benefit impoverished groups. In 2003,
Fabrizio Tediosi, David Stuckler, Simone Ghislandi   +2 more
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Effects of financial consumer protection on brand love and brand advocacy

Journal of Financial Services Marketing
Financial consumer protection has emerged as a critical global trend. This study examines how financial consumer protection affects brand advocacy in the context of retail banks in Hong Kong.
Matthew Yau Choi Chow, Shirie Pui Shan Ho   +1 more
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Investigating the Direct Non-Medical and Indirect Costs Incurred by Hospitalized Patients Infected with COVID-19 Omicron Variant: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2023
Background. Health systems are responsible for providing healthcare services for all people in a community with reasonable costs. The primary objective was to evaluate and minimize the various expenses the patients incur consistently.
Masood Bagheri, Masoumeh Ebrahimi Tavani, Farid Gharibi   +2 more
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Closing the Evidence Gap of Cash Transfer for Tuberculosis-Affected Households; Comment on “Does Direct Benefit Transfer Improve Outcomes Among People With Tuberculosis? – A Mixed-Methods Study on the Need for a Review of the Cash Transfer Policy in India” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Achieving the targets of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) requires a combination of biomedical, epidemiological, and social approaches. Having hitted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic which diminishes the financial capacity of TB-affected ...
Ahmad Fuady
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Crowding-Out Effect of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures on Consumption Among Households in Mongolia [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
Background  High out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures are a common problem in developing countries. Studies rarely investigate the crowding-out effect of OOP health expenditures on other areas of household consumption.
Ochirbat Batbold, Tuvshin Banzragch, Davaatseren Davaajargal, Christy Pu   +3 more
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