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Estimation of Out of Pocket Expenditure Under Janani Shishu Suraksha Karayakram (JSSK) in Rural Block of Chhattisgarh: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2017
Background: In order to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure during institutional delivery, Govt. of India has launched a nationwide initiative - Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) which provides cashless services to pregnant mothers & sick infants ...
Aditi Chandrakar, Gopal Soni, Ashish Sinha, Kamlesh Jain, Prem Panda, Somen Pradhan   +5 more
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Impact of out of pocket payments on financial risk protection indicators in a setting with no user fees: the case of Mauritius

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Background Mauritius embraces principles of a welfare state with free health care at point of use in any public facilities. However, the health financing landscape changed in 2007 when Private Health Expenditure (PvtHE) surpassed General Government ...
Ajoy Nundoochan, Yusuf Thorabally, Sooneeraz Monohur, Justine Hsu   +3 more
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Out-of-Pocket Health-Care Expenditures among Older Americans with Cancer

Value in Health, 2004
There is currently limited information regarding the out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) for medical care made by elderly individuals with cancer. We sought to quantify OOPE for community-dwelling individuals age 70 or older with: 1) no cancer (No CA), 2) a history of cancer, not undergoing current treatment (CA/No Tx), and 3) a history of cancer ...
Langa, Kenneth M., Fendrick, A. Mark, Chernew, Michael E., Kabeto, Mohammed U., Paisley, Kerry L., Hayman, James A.   +5 more
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Who determines nasopharyngeal carcinoma inpatients’ medical expenditure? Importance factor ranking using the random forest model

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundNasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a malignant epithelial tumor most commonly in China. In 2013, NPC incidence and mortality in China were also at high levels worldwide, which poses a great health burden in China. This study analyzes the medical
Pinghua Zhu, Yu Zhang, Lilian Huang, Bo Wei, Xiaoqiang Zhu, Pingping Zeng, Jingya Nong   +6 more
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Are health care payments in Albania catastrophic? Evidence form ALSMS 2002, 2005 and 2008 [PDF]

The absent or poorly functioning risk pooling mechanisms and high amounts of out-of-pocket payments for health care expose households to financial risks associated with major illnesses or accidents. The aim of this paper is to analyse the extent to which
Packard, Truman G., Tomini, Sonila
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Beyond Antimalarial Stock-outs: Implications of Health Provider Compliance on Out-of-Pocket Expenditure during Care-Seeking for Fever in South East Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
To better understand how stock-outs of the first line antimalarial, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) and other non-compliant health worker behaviour, influence household expenditures during care-seeking for fever in the Ulanga District in ...
Abdallah, Gumi, Amuri, Baraka, de Savigny, Don, Khatib, Rashid, Manzi, Fatuma, Mikkelsen-Lopez, Inez, Njozi, Mustafa, Tediosi, Fabrizio   +7 more
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Are malaria treatment expenditures catastrophic to different socio-economic and geographic groups and how do they cope with payment? A study in southeast Nigeria.

, 2009
OBJECTIVES: To determine the inequities in the household income depletion resulting from malaria treatment expenditures, the sacrifice of basic household needs (catastrophe) and the differences in payment strategies among different socio-economic and ...
Hanson, Kara, Ichoku, Hyacinth, Ike, Edith, Onwughalu, Benjamin, Onwujekwe, Obinna, Uzochukwu, Benjamin   +5 more
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Health insurance and Out of Pocket health care expenditure in Kenya

Journal of Economics and Management, 2022
Aim/purpose – The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of health insurance on Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health care expenditure in Kenya. It is informed by persistence in the challenges of access and utilization of quality and affordable health care services.
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Assessment Of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure for Treatment of Malaria in Surat City

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2016
Introduction: The major burden of vector-borne disease in India comes from malaria; according to the Directorate of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), about 95% of the population in the country resides in malaria-endemic areas.
Dhwani Patel, Khushbu Patel, Kinjalkumar Patel, Prakash Patel, Swati Patel, R K Bansal   +5 more
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Evaluation of Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram scheme and out of pocket expenditure in a rural area of Northern India

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Introduction: The stagnant performance of countries with regard to maternal and child health is linked to low investment in health and out of pocket expenditure (OOP).
Sandeep Chaudhary, Ravi Rohilla, Vijay Kumar, Sandeep Kumar   +3 more
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