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Patients’ out-of-pocket expenses analysis of presurgical teledermatology [PDF]

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2019
Background This study undertakes an economic analysis of presurgical teledermatology from a patient perspective, comparing it with a conventional referral system.
Felipa de Mello-Sampayo
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Out-of-Pocket Expenses in Households of People Living with Obesity in France [PDF]

Obesity Facts, 2023
Background/Objectives: Overweight and obesity result in a substantial economic burden in both low- and high-income countries. Moreover, this burden is often underestimated because it only partially accounts for unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses (OOPE ...
Cécile Fabron, Martine Laville, Judith Aron-Wisnewsky, Emmanuel Disse, Blandine Gatta-Cherifi, David Jacobi, Emilie Montastier, Jean-Michel Oppert, Léa Gaillard, Bruno Detournay, Sébastien Czernichow   +10 more
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Effects of decreasing the out-of-pocket expenses for outpatient care on health-seeking behaviors, health outcomes and medical expenses of people with diabetes: evidence from China [PDF]

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022
Background: To improve access to outpatient services and provide financial support in outpatient expenses for the insured, China has been establishing its scheme of decreasing the out-of-pocket expenses for outpatient care in recent years.
Wenwen Du, Ping Liu, Wei Xu
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The Out-of-pocket Expenses of People With Tinnitus in Europe [PDF]

Journal of Epidemiology
Background: Despite the high frequency of tinnitus and its impact on wellbeing, little is known about its economic burden, and, to our knowledge, no data are available on out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses. Methods: In 2022, a survey was conducted on OOP costs
Carlotta M. Jarach, Kyriaki Karydou, Ilias Trochidis, Alberto Bernal-Robledano, Piet A. van den Brandt, Rilana Cima, Christopher R. Cederroth, Jose Antonio Lopez-Escamez, Simone Ghislandi, Deborah A. Hall, Dimitris Kikidis, Berthold Langguth, Alessandra Lugo, Birgit Mazurek, Anna Odone, Martin Schecklmann, Stefan Schoisswohl, Jorge P. Simoes, Winfried Schlee, Silvano Gallus   +19 more
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The influence of cross-regional medical treatment on total medical expenses, medical insurance payments, and out-of-pocket expenses of patients with malignant tumors in Chinese low-income areas [PDF]

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022
Background In recent years, due to the increasing number of cross-regional medical patients, countries around the world have issued a series of policies or regulations to reduce their out-of-pocket burden.
Bokai Zhang, Haixin Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Guomei Tian, Ting Zhang, Qi Shi, Jian Liu, Jinpeng Xu, Jingchu Liu, Qunhong Wu, Zheng Kang   +10 more
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A comparison of rural–urban differences in out-of-pocket expenses among older Mexicans with diabetes [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
ObjectiveTo compare total out-of-pocket expenses for physician visits and medications among older adults living with diabetes in Mexico from urban, semi-urban, and rural areas.MethodsThe sample included 2,398 Mexicans aged 65 years and older with self ...
Alfonso Rojas Alvarez, Christian E. Vazquez, Mariana Lopez-Ortega, Jacqueline L. Angel   +3 more
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Out-of-pocket expenses for myasthenia gravis patients in China: a study on patients insured by basic medical insurance in China, 2013–2015 [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Background Myasthenia gravis is a rare autoimmune neuromuscular disorder. The disorder requires long-term use of expensive medication to control clinical symptoms.
Tao-yu Lin, Xiao-yan Zhang, Peng-qian Fang, Rui Min   +3 more
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Hospitalization costs and out-of-pocket expenses for stroke patients in mainland China [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Introduction This study aimed to assess hospitalization expenditures and out-of-pocket burden (OOPB, defined as out-of-pocket expenses [OOPE] divided by disposable annual income multiplied by household size and expressed as a percentage) in patients with
Wen-Jun Tu, Mingxin Wang, Yangyi Fan, Xianwei Zeng   +3 more
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Discussing patients’ insurance and out-of-pocket expenses during GPs’ consultations [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Generally, a significant portion of healthcare spending consists of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses. Patients indicate that, in practice, there are often some OOP expenses, incurred when they receive medical care, which are unexpected for them ...
A. Victoor, J. Noordman, A. Potappel, M. Meijers, C. J. J. Kloek, J. D. de Jong   +5 more
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Pretreatment Out-of-Pocket Expenses for Presumptive Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients, India, 2016–2017 [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
In India, under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme, the government provides free treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; however, many patients seek care elsewhere, which is costly.
Priya Rathi, Kalpita Shringarpure, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Vineet Kumar Chadha, Vishak Acharya, Abirami Nair, Karuna D. Sagili, Suresh Shastri   +7 more
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