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“Sell an Ox” - The Price of Cure for Hepatitis C in Two Countries [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020 Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, associated with severe liver disease and cancer, affects 70 million people worldwide. New treatments with direct-acting-antivirals offer cure for about 95% of affected individuals; however, treatment costs may ...
Ora Paltiel +4 more
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Out‐of‐pocket expenses and their burden in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [PDF]
Arthritis Care & Research, 2009 AbstractObjectiveTo describe and understand the burden of out‐of‐pocket expenses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsWe studied out‐of‐pocket expenses and their burden in 8,545 US patients with RA. We determined direct medical costs, out‐of‐pocket expenses, the burden of out‐of‐pocket expenses, household income, and measures of RA ...
Frederick, Wolfe, Kaleb, Michaud
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Geospatial Health, 2023 The rapid increase in out-of-pocket expenditures regressively raises the issue of equity in medical access opportunities according to income class and negatively affects public health.
Young-Gyu Kwon, Man-Kyu Choi
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Financial Burden of Chronic Diseases: Out-of-Pocket Expenses and Healthcare Accessibility in Middle-Class Indian Families [PDF]
Clinovate: Advances in Medicine and HealthcareBackground: Chronic diseases impose a significant financial burden on middle-class families in India, where out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPE) constitute a major portion of healthcare costs.
Chinmay Khawse +3 more
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Perspectives in Clinical Research, 2020 Objective: To assess the determinants of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses on diabetes-related treatment incurred in patients attending outpatient clinics in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi, India.
Saurav Basu +5 more
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Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2020 Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) case rate system in reducing out-of-pocket expenses among non-no balance billing (NBB) patients undergoing thyroidectomy under the Department of ...
Josephine Ann Ramos +1 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) are out-of-pocket payments (OOP) that exceed a predefined percentage or threshold of a household’s resources, usually 40 %, that can push households into poverty in China.
Cai Liu +3 more
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Financial Toxicity and Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer
Current Oncology, 2023 Aim: To quantify financial toxicity and out-of-pocket costs for patients with HNC in Australia and explore their relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Justin Smith +3 more
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Out-of-Pocket Expenses and Treatment Choice for Men With Prostate Cancer [PDF]
Urology, 2012 To describe the knowledge of, and attitudes toward, out-of-pocket expenses (OOPE) associated with prostate cancer treatment and the influence of OOPE on the treatment choices of patients with prostate cancer.We undertook a qualitative research study for which we recruited patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. Patients answered a series of
Olivia S, Jung +11 more
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Out of pocket expenses: effect of fee-waivers on opioid prescribing and dispensing
International Journal of Drug Policy, 2021 Pharmaceutical reimbursement policies should aim for satisfactory health care at reasonable prices and assure treatment adherence while avoiding wasteful pharmaceutical spending. In Belgium, the maximum billing system, also called "Maximum Amount Fixed" system (MAF), ensures that out-of-pocket payments beyond a ceiling are fully reimbursed to guarantee
Boogaerts, Tim +6 more
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