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Hospitalization costs and out-of-pocket expenses for stroke patients in mainland China. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
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
Tu WJ, Wang M, Fan Y, Zeng X.
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Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure on medicine in Europe: Longitudinal analysis of 13 European countries between 2013 and 2015

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundMany European Health Systems are implementing or increasing levels of cost-sharing for medicine in response to the growing constrains on public spending on health despite their negative impact on population health due to delay in seeking care ...
Raffaele Palladino, Raffaele Palladino, Raffaele Palladino, Tianxin Pan, Stewart W. Mercer, Rifat Atun, Barbara McPake, Fabiana Rubba, Maria Triassi, Maria Triassi, John Tayu Lee, John Tayu Lee   +11 more
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The socio-economic burden of cancer: An observation from the palliative care OPD

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
A cross-sectional study was planned to assess the socio-economic burden of cancer among patients referred for palliative care. Patients referred within 6 months of diagnosis were grouped as early while others were late referrals.
Sushmita Ghoshal, Minni Arora, Adrija Chakrabarti, Avradeep Datta, Treshita Dey   +4 more
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Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study

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, Khemvitou Sok, Yoshifumi Hayashi, Hong Chhay, Masaharu Tsubokura, Kimhab Chou, Nobukazu Hokamura, Akihiko Ozaki, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Manabu Okawada   +9 more
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A cross-sectional study to assess the out-of-pocket expenditure of families on the health care of children younger than 5 years in a rural area

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2018
Objective: This study aimed to estimate the out-of-pocket expenditure of families on the health care of children younger than 5 years in a rural area of Kancheepuram district.
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava   +1 more
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The determinants and costs of bypassing small hospitals in a ‘free’ health system: A cross sectional study in Sri Lanka

Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2017
Background: Rising out-of-pocket health expenditure due to policy issues is a major factor contributing to deterioration of efficiency and equity of healthcare systems.Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the determinants of bypassing ...
Sathira Kasun Perera, Manuj Chrishantha Weerasinghe   +1 more
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The Burden of Health-Related Out-of-Pocket Cancer Costs in Canada: A Case-Control Study Using Linked Data

Current Oncology, 2022
Background: The burden of out-of-pocket costs among cancer patients/survivors in Canada is not well understood. The objective of this study was to examine the health-related out-of-pocket cost burden experienced by households with a cancer patient ...
Beverley M. Essue, Claire de Oliveira, Tracey Bushnik, Sharon Fung, Jeremiah Hwee, Zhuolu Sun, Elba Gomez Navas, Jean Hai Ein Yong, Rochelle Garner   +8 more
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Comparing Catastrophic Costs: Active vs. Passive Tuberculosis Case Finding in Urban Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Active case finding (ACF) is a strategy that aims to identify people with tuberculosis (TB) earlier in their disease. This outreach approach may lead to a reduction in catastrophic cost incurrence (costs exceeding 20% of annual household income), a main ...
Luong V. Dinh, Anja M. C. Wiemers, Rachel J. Forse, Yen T. H. Phan, Andrew J. Codlin, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Thuy T. T. Dong, Lan Nguyen, Thuong H. Pham, Lan H. Nguyen, Ha M. T. Dang, Mac H. Tuan, Phuc Thanh Le, Knut Lonnroth, Jacob Creswell, Amera Khan, Beatrice Kirubi, Hoa B. Nguyen, Nhung V. Nguyen, Luan N. Q. Vo   +19 more
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IJCM_237A: Assessment of out-of-pocket expenditure amongst admitted patients in a tertiary care centre of Maharashtra: a cross-sectional study.

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: In India, financing health-care majorly constitutes out-of-pocket expenditure. Health expenditure in India accounts for Objectives: 1. To assess the total out-of-pocket expenditure of patients due to current illness. 2.
Titas Ghoshal, P. L. Gattani, S. L. Maidapwad   +2 more
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Prevalence of distressed financing among elderly in a North Indian District

Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine, 2016
Background: In some instances health related out of pocket expenditure can be catastrophic thus compelling individuals to raise money through unusual means. Such a situation becomes unavoidable if, there are either too many illnesses or shortage of money.
Pavan Pandey, Shivendra Kumar Singh, Uday Mohan   +2 more
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