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Analysis of medical impoverishment and its influencing factors among China's rural near-poor, 2016–2020 [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
ObjectiveThis study investigates the determinants of medical impoverishment among China's rural near-poor, aiming to enhance public health services and establish preventative and monitoring systems.MethodsUsing China Family Panel Studies and World Bank ...
Qiwei Feng, Yi Che, Shuying Yi, Ying Wang, Wen Chen, Xinbin Xia   +5 more
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The burden of health expenditure on household impoverishment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Background Ethiopia, like many low-income countries, faces significant challenges in providing accessible and affordable healthcare to its population.
Yawkal Tsega, Abel Endawkie, Shimels Derso Kebede, Natnael Kebede, Mengistu Mera Mihiretu, Ermias Bekele, Kokeb Ayele, Lakew Asmare, Fekade Demeke Bayou, Mastewal Arefaynie   +9 more
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Improving Insurance Protection for Rare Diseases: Economic Burden and Policy Effects — Simulation of People With Pompe Disease in China [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Background  The economic burden of Pompe disease (PD) is under-researched. This study aimed to fill this gap and provide evidence-based suggestions for policy improvement based on policy simulation.Methods  Data were derived from a nationally based cross-
Shanquan Chen, Dong Dong
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Incidence and intensity of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment among the elderly: an empirical evidence from India [PDF]

Scientific Reports
World health statistics (2022) report that about 1.4 billion people have incurred catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), and half of its population have pushed into extreme poverty due to healthcare payments. The elderly population faces a higher risk of
Fahimuddin Ahmad, Pratap Chandra Mohanty
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Out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenses in households of patients with schizophrenia lacking social security

Salud Pública de México, 2021
Objective. To estimate the magnitude of out-of-pocket (OOP) and catastrophic health expenses as well as impo­verishment experienced by households of schizophrenia patients lacking social security coverage. Materials and methods.
Hortensia Reyes-Morales, Héctor Cabello-Rangel, María Elena Medina-Mora, Armando Arredondo-López   +3 more
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Income possibilities and constraints and health status of society

Medycyna Ogólna i Nauki o Zdrowiu, 2020
Introduction and Objective The scope of problems concerning income possibilities and constraints in the image of the state of health of society is important and interesting from the social, economic, legal, health, and psychological perspectives ...
Marta Ewa Czekirda, Mirosław Jarosz
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Are Dolphins Kept in Impoverished Environments?

Animals, 2023
Numerous studies have demonstrated the negative effects of impoverished environments versus the positive effects of enriched environments on animals’ cognitive and neural functioning.
Kelly Jaakkola
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Evictions, Foreclosures, and Global Housing Speculation in Palma, Spain

Land, 2022
Over the last two decades, the property bubble and the subsequent economic crisis and post-crisis policies have heightened urban inequalities, mainly in cities in southern Europe. The gaps between social classes have widened with the configuration of new
Jesús M. González-Pérez
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Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe rising economic burden of cancer on patients is an important determinant of access to treatment initiation and adherence in India. Several publicly financed health insurance (PFHI) schemes have been launched in India, with treatment for ...
Shankar Prinja, Jyoti Dixit, Nidhi Gupta, Anushikha Dhankhar, Amal Chandra Kataki, Partha Sarathi Roy, Nikita Mehra, Lalit Kumar, Ashish Singh, Pankaj Malhotra, Aarti Goyal, Kavitha Rajsekar, Manjunath Nookala Krishnamurthy, Sudeep Gupta   +13 more
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The hidden financial catastrophe of chronic kidney disease under universal coverage and Thai “Peritoneal Dialysis First Policy”

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveUniversal health coverage can decrease the magnitude of the individual patient's financial burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but the residual financial hardship from the patients' perspective has not been well-studied in low and middle ...
Pornpen Sangthawan, Pinkaew Klyprayong, Sarayut L. Geater, Pimwara Tanvejsilp, Sirirat Anutrakulchai, Sarinya Boongird, Pongsathorn Gojaseni, Charan Kuhiran, Pichet Lorvinitnun, Kajohnsak Noppakun, Watanyu Parapiboon, Supinda Sirilak, Pluemjit Tankee, Puntapong Taruangsri, Pasuree Sangsupawanich, Piyamitr Sritara, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk, Chagriya Kitiyakara   +18 more
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