Understanding the trends of public spending on health sector: World Health Organization
Since the global leaders have adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, major steps have been taken by different nations to attain the goal of universal health coverage.
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava +1 more
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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 +4 more
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Economic Cost of Campylobacter, Norovirus and Rotavirus Disease in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To estimate the annual cost to patients, the health service and society of infectious intestinal disease (IID) from Campylobacter, norovirus and rotavirus. DESIGN: Secondary data analysis. SETTING: The United Kingdom population, 2008-9.
O'Brien, Sarah J, Tam, Clarence C
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Impact of Health Insurance on Saving and Consumption Expenses in Indonesia (Evidence From Indonesian Family Life Survey) [PDF]
The Askeskin Health Program was implemented in 2005, to preserve access of health care services for the poor. Askeskin were allocated to poor households, entitling them subsidized care from public health care providers.
Sunaryati, S. (Sunaryati)
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Free health care for under-fives, expectant and recent mothers? Evaluating the impact of Sierra Leone's free health care initiative. [PDF]
This study evaluates the impact of Sierra Leone's 2010 Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI). It uses two nationally representative surveys to identify the impact of the policy on utilisation of maternal care services by pregnant women and recent mothers as
Amara, R +5 more
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Out of Pocket Expenditure on Health Care among the Households of Urban Area in Dakshina Kannada
Background: Household out-of-pocket expenditure on health comprise self-medication and other expenditure paid directly by private households, irrespective of whether the contact with the health care system was established on referral or on the patient’s
Preeti Tiwari, Arijit Datta
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Out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Turkey: Analysis of the 2003-2008 Household Budget Surveys [PDF]
This paper analyses the prevalence of ‘catastrophic’ out-of-pocket health expenditure in Turkey and identifies the factors which are associated with its risk using the Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2003 to 2008.
Arne Risa Hole +36 more
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Out-Of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures, By Insurance Status, 2007–10 [PDF]
Out-of-pocket health care spending in the United States totaled $306.2 billion in 2010 and represented 11.8 percent of total national health expenditures, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' National Health Expenditure Accounts.
Mary K, Catlin +2 more
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GENDER INEQUALITY IN HOUSEHOLD HEALTH EXPENDITURE: THE CASE OF URBAN ORISSA [PDF]
Biologically determined sex and socially constructed gender have strong bearing on the household out-of-pocket health expenditure. In this connection, the present makes an modest attempt to study the gender inequalities in household health expenditure in
Himanshu Sekhar, Rout
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Out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Turkey: analysis of the household budget surveys 2002-2008 [PDF]
This paper analyses the prevalence of ‘catastrophic’ out-of-pocket health expenditure in Turkey and identifies the factors which are associated with its risk using the Turkish Household Budget Surveys from 2002 to 2008.
Basar, D., Brown, S., Hole, A.R.
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