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

Frontiers in 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, Sagarika, Maliyekkal, Jeffin, Raj, S. Elstin Anbu, Varshini, R. J., Brand, Helmut, Sirur, Andria, Singh, Vishwajeet, Prabhu, Vidya, Sumit, Kumar, Kamath, Rajesh   +9 more
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IJCM_237A: Assessment of out-of-pocket expenditure amongst admitted patients in a tertiary care centre of Maharashtra: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: In India, financing health-care majorly constitutes out-of-pocket expenditure. Health expenditure in India accounts for Objectives: 1. To assess the total out-of-pocket expenditure of patients due to current illness. 2.
Titas Ghoshal, P. L. Gattani, S. L. Maidapwad   +2 more
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Determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines among adults in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionTo achieve universal health coverage consistent with World Health Organization recommendations, monitoring financial protection is vital, even in the context of free medical care.
Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi, Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi, Mpho Keetile   +2 more
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Multimorbidity and Out-of-pocket Expenditure on Medicines: A Systematic Review [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health, 2017
Background Multimorbidity, the presence of two or more non-communicable diseases (NCD), is a costly and complex challenge for health systems globally. Patients with NCDs incur high levels of out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE), often on medicines, but the literature on the association between OOPE on medicines and ...
Sum, Grace, Hone, Thomas, Atun, Rifat, Millett, Christopher, Suhrcke, Marc, Mahal, Ajay, Koh, Gerald Choon-Huat, Lee, John Tayu   +7 more
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Out of pocket expenditure and its associated factors in neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of tertiary care government hospital of Agra District, Uttar Pradesh

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2020
Background: Neonatal health remains a thrust area of public health, and an increased out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) may hamper efforts toward universal health coverage.
Renu Agrawal, Rudresh Negi, Sunil Kumar Kaushal, Sunil Kumar Misra   +3 more
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Impoverishing effects of out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures in India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
ABSTRACT Background: Out of the 1.324 billion people in India (2016), around 12.4% of the population is below the poverty line. In India, out-of-pocket health expenditure (OOP) expenses account for about 62.6% of total health expenditure – one of the highest in the world.
Shyamkumar Sriram, Muayad Albadrani
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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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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 health expenditure and associated factors among patients with hypertension in Debre-Tabor Comphrensive Specialized Hospital, South Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
IntroductionHypertension is a non-communicable chronic disease that has a wide financial effect at the individual and household levels especially in developing countries due to its complexity and chronicity.
Melkamu Alemayehu, Banchlay Addis, Tsega Hagos   +2 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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