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Redistributive Effects of Health Care Out-of-Pocket Payments in Cameroon [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021 Abstract Background: The bulk of health care financing in Cameroon is derived from out-of-pocket payments. Given that poverty is pervasive with a third of the population living below the poverty line, health care financing from out-of-pocket payments is likely to have redistributive and equity effects.
Augustin Ntembe +2 more
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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2021 The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in 2003, Act, 2003 (Act 650), but was later replaced with the National Health Insurance Act, 2012 (Act 852) to get rid of the then “cash and carry” system of paying for healthcare. The aim
A. Sarkodie
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Public Health in Practice, 2022 Objectives: This study aims to clarify the financial burden of health on the elderly. Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) in a major private general hospital in Phnom Penh was considered an indicator of financial burden. Study design: This study is a three-year
Yurie Kobashi +9 more
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A Research on Determination of out-of-Pocket Payment Costs of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Turkish Journal of Diabetes and Obesity, 2021 Aim: This study aimed to determine the out-of-pocket payment costs of the Type 2 Diabetes patients due to and associated with the disease. Material and Methods: This study with a descriptive design qualifies.
Mustafa Kafes, Didem Kaya
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Health reform and out-of-pocket payments: lessons from China [PDF]
Health Policy and Planning, 2013 China's ongoing new health reform aims to reduce individual out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare services. The aim of this article is to analyse the impact of this reform and to draw policy implications.Data are retrieved from the relevant government publications. Polynomial regression models are used to predict future health expenditures.
Lufa, Zhang, Nan, Liu
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Household out-of-pocket payments for illness: Evidence from Vietnam [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2006 Abstract Background In Vietnam, illnesses create high out-of-pocket health care expenditures for households. In this study, the burden of illness in the Bavi district, Vietnam is measured based upon individual household health expenditures for communicable and non-communicable illnesses.
Nguyen Thi Bich Thuan +4 more
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Catastrophic Household Expenditure Associated with Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Payments in Spain [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Background. The financial effect of households’ out-of-pocket payments (OOP) on access and use of health systems has been extensively studied in the literature, especially in emerging or developing countries. However, it has been the subject of little research in European countries, and is almost nonexistent after the financial crisis of 2008.
Samuel López-López +3 more
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Exploring dynamics in catastrophic health care expenditure in Nigeria
Health Economics Review, 2022 Background The Nigeria’s National Health Insurance Scheme aimed at making health care accessible and affordable since it’s became operational in 2005. However, many Nigerians still pay out of pocket for medical expenses, and this drive them to incurring ...
Henry C. Edeh
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Insured yet vulnerable: out-of-pocket payments and India's poor [PDF]
Health Policy and Planning, 2011 Protecting households from high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health care is an important health system goal. High OOP payments can push households into poverty and make them vulnerable to catastrophic health expenditures. This study, based in India, aims to: (a) estimate OOP payments for health and related impoverishment across economic groups; (b)
Renu, Shahrawat, Krishna D, Rao
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Costs associated with febrile neutropenia in solid tumor and lymphoma patients - an observational study in Singapore. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundThe primary objective was to describe the total direct inpatient costs among solid tumor and lymphoma patients with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia (FN) and the factors that were associated with higher direct cost.
A Bosly +24 more
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