The impact of urban–rural medical insurance integration on medical impoverishment: evidence from China [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 Background Financial protection is a key dimension of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), and social medical insurance is an effective measure to provide financial protection.
Jinkang Huo, Mingzheng Hu, Shaojie Li
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Assessing the burden of medical impoverishment by cause: a systematic breakdown by disease in Ethiopia. [PDF]
BMC Med, 2016 Background: Out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenses often lead to catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment in low- and middle-income countries. Yet, there has been no systematic examination of which specific diseases and conditions (e.g., tuberculosis ...
Verguet S, Memirie ST, Norheim OF.
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Effect of Health Shocks on Poverty Status in South Korea: Exploring the Mechanism of Medical Impoverishment [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022 Background South Korea has the highest out-of-pocket burden for medical expenses among the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD) member countries and has no formal sickness benefit system, along with United States and ...
Chang-O Kim
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Assessing medical impoverishment and associated factors in health care in Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2020 Background About 5% of the global population, predominantly in low- and middle-income countries, is forced into poverty because of out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending.
Amarech G. Obse, John E. Ataguba
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Analysis of medical impoverishment and its influencing factors among China's rural near-poor, 2016–2020 [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthObjectiveThis 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 +5 more
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Health Systems & Reform, 2020 From 1986 to 2009, China’s health system reform first adopted a market-oriented approach and later reemphasized the role of the government starting from 2002.
Ze Song +4 more
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Catastrophic health expenditures and medical impoverishment in Bangladesh: evidence from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjectives Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment due to out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure are the most widely used metrics to assess financial protection in health. This study aimed to investigate the impact of OOP expenditure on CHE and
Abdur Razzaque Sarker +2 more
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SSM: Population Health, 2018 Background: Treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in low-income countries can entail large out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditures, which can increase the likelihood of household impoverishment and perpetuate the poverty cycle. This paper studies
Biplab Kumar Datta +3 more
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Strengthening financial protection through multitiered health coverage: evidence from 667 055 low-income households in China [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthIntroduction Low-income households face disproportionate out-of-pocket hardship when accessing healthcare, undermining equity and universal health coverage.
Zhongliang Zhou +6 more
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Provincial variations in catastrophic health expenditure and medical impoverishment in China: a nationwide population-based study. [PDF]
Lancet Reg Health West Pac, 2023 Jia Y, Hu M, Fu H, Yip W.
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