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Out-of-pocket Payments for Healthcare in India
Journal of Health Management, 2017This paper examines the impact of out-of-pocket (OOP) health payment on impoverishment of poorest households using unit-level records of latest (68th: 2011–2012) round data of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). This is examined by estimating the prevalence, intensity and incidence of catastrophic health payments across different economic ...
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The Determinants of Out-of-Pocket Payments: Evidence from Turkey
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011There have been several attempts to improve the availability, quality, and the use of primary health care services in Turkey in recent years. In order to have a successful reform policy for the national health care system, policymakers need to have information about the alternative financing systems of health expenditures, including the out-of-pocket ...
Erdogan Yilmaz +2 more
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Out-of-pocket payments for unintentional injuries: a study in rural Bangladesh
International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 2009This paper studies the nature and extent of out-of-pocket expenses for unintentional injuries, using the context of rural Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study consisting of 23,113 people was performed through multistage cluster sampling. Chi-square analysis and pie-diagrams were used. A total of 3411 injury victims were identified in this survey.
Koustuv, Dalal, Aminur, Rahman
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Out-of-pocket and informal payments in health sector: evidence from Georgia
Health Policy, 2004This study presents an in-depth investigation of out-of-pocket payments for health services, formal and informal, in the Republic of Georgia. The main purpose of the study is to: (a) analyze the process of collection and distribution of out-of-pocket or direct payments and particularly of the informal component; (b) explain why they seem to be so ...
Paolo, Belli +2 more
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Equity in out-of-pocket payments for hospital care: Evidence from India
Health Policy, 2007The lack of formal health insurance and inadequate social safety nets cause families in most low-income countries to finance health spending through out-of-pocket (OOP) payments, leaving poor families unable to insure their consumption during periods of major illnesses.To examine how well the Indian healthcare system protects households of differing ...
Kakoli, Roy, David Hill, Howard
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The use of medical care and out-of-pocket payments in Russia
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2016Background: Despite the constitutional right of all Russian citizens to free medical care, out-of-pocket payment is a widespread phenomenon for all types of medical treatment. The aims of this paper are twofold: To present new evidence on the use of, and payment for, outpatient and inpatient treatment in Russia; and to compare the motivations behind ...
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The Impact of Eliminating Out-of-Pocket Payments on Asthma Medication Use
Annals of the American Thoracic SocietyRationale: High costs of controller therapies may be a barrier to guideline-recommended asthma treatment. Objectives: We determined whether eliminating out-of-pocket (OOP) payments among low-income patients with asthma impacted controller medication use.
Kate M. Johnson +6 more
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Parity law reduces out‐of‐pocket payments for child mental health
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 2018The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) has been the law of the land for almost 10 years. But few researchers have examined the effects of the law on children with high mental health and substance use disorder expenditures. In last month's issue of Pediatrics, researchers report that the parity law did reduce out‐of‐pocket costs for ...
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The Out-of-Pocket Cost Burden of Cancer Care—A Systematic Literature Review
Current Oncology, 2021Nicolas Iragorri +2 more
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