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Understanding out-of-pocket expenditure in India: a systematic review. [PDF]

Front Public Health
IntroductionOut-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) constitutes a substantial portion of healthcare costs in India, accounting for 47.1% of the Total Health Expenditure in 2019–20. Despite a decline from previous years, OOPE remains a significant financial burden, contributing to catastrophic health expenditures and impoverishment for households.MethodsA ...
Kamath S, Maliyekkal J, Elstin Anbu Raj S, Varshini RJ, Brand H, Sirur A, Singh V, Prabhu V, Sumit K, Kamath R.   +9 more
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Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure on medicine in Europe: Longitudinal analysis of 13 European countries between 2013 and 2015

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundMany European Health Systems are implementing or increasing levels of cost-sharing for medicine in response to the growing constrains on public spending on health despite their negative impact on population health due to delay in seeking care ...
Raffaele Palladino, Raffaele Palladino, Raffaele Palladino, Tianxin Pan, Stewart W. Mercer, Rifat Atun, Barbara McPake, Fabiana Rubba, Maria Triassi, Maria Triassi, John Tayu Lee, John Tayu Lee   +11 more
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The socio-economic burden of cancer: An observation from the palliative care OPD

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
A cross-sectional study was planned to assess the socio-economic burden of cancer among patients referred for palliative care. Patients referred within 6 months of diagnosis were grouped as early while others were late referrals.
Sushmita Ghoshal, Minni Arora, Adrija Chakrabarti, Avradeep Datta, Treshita Dey   +4 more
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Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study

Public Health in Practice, 2022
Objectives: This study aims to clarify the financial burden of health on the elderly. Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) in a major private general hospital in Phnom Penh was considered an indicator of financial burden. Study design: This study is a three-year
Yurie Kobashi, Khemvitou Sok, Yoshifumi Hayashi, Hong Chhay, Masaharu Tsubokura, Kimhab Chou, Nobukazu Hokamura, Akihiko Ozaki, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Manabu Okawada   +9 more
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The Burden of Health-Related Out-of-Pocket Cancer Costs in Canada: A Case-Control Study Using Linked Data

Current Oncology, 2022
Background: The burden of out-of-pocket costs among cancer patients/survivors in Canada is not well understood. The objective of this study was to examine the health-related out-of-pocket cost burden experienced by households with a cancer patient ...
Beverley M. Essue, Claire de Oliveira, Tracey Bushnik, Sharon Fung, Jeremiah Hwee, Zhuolu Sun, Elba Gomez Navas, Jean Hai Ein Yong, Rochelle Garner   +8 more
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A cross-sectional study to assess the out-of-pocket expenditure of families on the health care of children younger than 5 years in a rural area

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2018
Objective: This study aimed to estimate the out-of-pocket expenditure of families on the health care of children younger than 5 years in a rural area of Kancheepuram district.
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava   +1 more
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The determinants and costs of bypassing small hospitals in a ‘free’ health system: A cross sectional study in Sri Lanka

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2017
Background: Rising out-of-pocket health expenditure due to policy issues is a major factor contributing to deterioration of efficiency and equity of healthcare systems.Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the determinants of bypassing ...
Sathira Kasun Perera, Manuj Chrishantha Weerasinghe   +1 more
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Out of pocket expenses in obsessive compulsive disorder [PDF]

Journal of Mental Health, 2020
Despite anecdotal evidence that the out of pocket costs of OCD can be substantial in some cases, there is no evidence on how many people they affect, or the magnitude of these costs. This paper explores the type and quantity of out of pocket expenses reported by a large sample of adults with OCD.
Margaret Heslin, Judith Gellatly, Rebecca Pedley, Jasmin Knopp-Hoffer, Gillian Hardy, Catherine Arundel, Penny Bee, Dean McMillan, Emily Peckham, Lina Gega, Michael Barkham, Peter Bower, Simon Gilbody, Karina Lovell, Sarah Byford   +14 more
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Advance directives completion and hospital out‐of‐pocket expenditures [PDF]

Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2021
AbstractIntroductionHealth care costs remain high at the end of life. It is not known if there is a relationship between advance directive (AD) completion and hospital out‐of‐pocket costs. This analysis investigated whether AD completion was associated with lower hospital out‐of‐pocket costs at end of life.MethodsWe used Health and Retirement Study ...
Yujun Zhu, Susan Enguidanos
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Health services utilization, out‐of‐pocket expenditure, and underinsurance among insured non‐elderly cancer survivors in the United States, 2011–2015

Cancer Medicine, 2021
Background High out‐of‐pocket (OOP) expenditure and inadequate insurance coverage may adversely affect cancer survivors. We aimed to characterize the extent and correlates of healthcare utilization, OOP expenditures, and underinsurance among insured ...
Mohammad A. Karim, Amit G. Singal, Robert L. Ohsfeldt, Michael A. Morrisey, Hye‐Chung Kum   +4 more
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