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Geographic Variation in Out‐of‐Pocket Expenditures of Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2014
Objectives To examine whether out‐of‐pocket expenditures ( OOPE s) exhibit the same geographic variation as Medicare claims, given wide variation in the costs of U.S. health care, but no information on how that translates into
Chen, Lena M.   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Catastrophic Health Expenditure and Household Well-Being [PDF]

open access: yes
According to the catastrophic health expenditure methodology a house-hold is in catastrophe if its health out-of-pocket budget share exceeds a critical threshold.
Karine Lamiraud, Ramses H. Abul Naga
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Comparing cost-sharing practices for pharmaceuticals and health care services among four central European countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The paper reviews the existing cost-sharing practices in four Central European countries namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health insurance.
Baji, Petra   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

An Analysis of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Ghana

open access: yesFrontiers in Health Services, 2022
IntroductionGhana implemented a universal health coverage scheme aimed at attaining financial risk protection against catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures. The effort has yielded mixed benefits for the different socio-economic profiles of the population.
Sataru, Fuseini   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

On the examination of out-of-pocket health expenditures in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal

open access: yesBusiness: Theory and Practice, 2017
The aim of this study is to analyze the healthcare expenditures in seven South Asian countries namely, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal. The longitudinal data has been taken for 19 years from 1995 to 2013.
Imlak Shaikh Shaikh, Shabda Singh
doaj   +1 more source

Yarning up about out‐of‐pocket healthcare expenditure in burns with Aboriginal families

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2021
Objective: This study sought to understand the impact of out‐of‐pocket healthcare expenditure (OOPHE) on Aboriginal families of children with acute burns injury.
Courtney Ryder   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

National sample surveys show poor households face catastrophic expenditure for oral healthcare services in India

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021
Introduction: Globally people pay out-of-pocket (OOP) to access Oral healthcare services. In India, there is limited evidence on estimates of OOP expenditure. We undertook an analysis of national sample survey data on household health care expenditure to
Banuru Muralidhara Prasad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnitude of Out of Pocket Health Expenditures and Associated Factors Among Civil Servants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In Ethiopia, as other developing countries, public health care is provided at nominally low prices and free to those that does not afford to pay. But the health care consumer population is still to make considerable amount of out-of-pocket health ...
Gedefaw, M. (Molla)   +3 more
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Dental dilemma: escalating out-of-pocket expenditure trends

open access: yesInternational Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health
The increase in global oral diseases is driven by urbanization, inadequate fluoride exposure, easy access to sugary foods, and limited oral health care. Aggressive marketing of sugary products and tobacco/alcohol further worsens the situation, impacting both oral health and overall well-being.
Swati Ghonge   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Catastrophic and impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ethiopia: evidence from the Ethiopia socioeconomic survey

open access: yesHealth Economics Review
Background Out-of-pocket payment remains one of the ways to finance health care in Ethiopia accounting 31%. These out-of-pocket health expense leads citizens’ face catastrophic and impoverishing expenditure.
Yamlak Bereket Tadiwos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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