Determinants of hardship financing in coping with out of pocket payment for care seeking of under five children in selected rural areas of Bangladesh. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Background Around 63% of total health care expenditure in Bangladesh is mitigated through out of pocket payment (OOP). Heavy reliance on OOP at the time of care seeking poses great threat for financial impoverishment of the households.
Tahsina T +10 more
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Out-of-Pocket and Informal Payment Before and After the Health Transformation Plan in Iran: Evidence from Hospitals Located in Kurdistan, Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017 Background One of the objectives of the health transformation plan (HTP) in Iran is to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for inpatient services and eradicate informal payments.
Bakhtiar Piroozi +5 more
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Payment Reform Pilot In Beijing Hospitals Reduced Expenditures And Out-Of-Pocket Payments Per Admission. [PDF]
Health Affairs, 2015 In 2009 China announced plans to reform provider payment methods at public hospitals by moving from fee-for-service (FFS) to prospective and aggregated payment methods that included the use of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) to control health expenditures.
W. Jian +6 more
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Health care-seeking behaviour and out-of-pocket payments in Tbilisi, Georgia [PDF]
Health Policy and Planning, 2005 Based on a household survey conducted in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 2000, this paper examines current patterns of health care-seeking behaviour and the extent of out-of-pocket payments. Results show that health care services are a financial burden and that private (out-of-pocket) payment creates financial barriers to accessing health services. Members of the
George, Gotsadze +3 more
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Socio-Economic Inequalities, Out-of-Pocket Payment and Consumers' Satisfaction with Primary Health Care: Data from the National Adult Consumers' Satisfaction Survey in Serbia 2009-2015. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2017 Citation: Vojvodic K, Terzic-Supic Z, Santric-Milicevic M and Wolf GW (2017) Socio-Economic Inequalities, Out-of-Pocket Payment and Consumers’ Satisfaction with Primary Health Care: Data from the National Adult Consumers’ Satisfaction Survey in Serbia ...
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Beyond reducing direct medical cost: examining health outcomes in tuberculosis through a difference-in-differences analysis of South Korea’s out-of-pocket payment exception policy [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundUniversal health coverage and social protection are major global goals for tuberculosis. This study aimed to investigate the effects of an expanded policy to guarantee out-of-pocket costs on the treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis ...
Sarah Yu +7 more
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Who determines nasopharyngeal carcinoma inpatients’ medical expenditure? Importance factor ranking using the random forest model [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundNasopharyngeal 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 +6 more
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Out of pocket payment for obstetrical complications: A cost analysis study in Iran
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013 Background: This study was conducted to determine the total expenditure and out of pocket payment on pregnancy complications in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted on 1172 patients who admitted in two general teaching
Mahnaz Yavangi +2 more
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Managing Urban Stroke Health Expenditures in China: Role of Payment Method and Hospital Level [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022 Background Stroke is one of the leading public health issues in China and imposes a heavy financial burden on patients and the healthcare system. This study assess which payment method provides the lowest hospital costs for China’s healthcare system and
Yong Yang +7 more
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