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Advance directives completion and hospital out‐of‐pocket expenditures [PDF]
Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2021 AbstractIntroductionHealth care costs remain high at the end of life. It is not known if there is a relationship between advance directive (AD) completion and hospital out‐of‐pocket costs. This analysis investigated whether AD completion was associated with lower hospital out‐of‐pocket costs at end of life.MethodsWe used Health and Retirement Study ...
Yujun Zhu, Susan Enguidanos
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Out-of-pocket spending and financial burden among low income adults after Medicaid expansions in the United States: quasi-experimental difference-in-difference study. [PDF]
, 2020 OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between expansion of the Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act and changes in healthcare spending among low income adults during the first four years of the policy implementation (2014-17).
Gotanda, Hiroshi +3 more
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Indian Journal of Community MedicineBackground: 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 +2 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2021 Background High out‐of‐pocket (OOP) expenditure and inadequate insurance coverage may adversely affect cancer survivors. We aimed to characterize the extent and correlates of healthcare utilization, OOP expenditures, and underinsurance among insured ...
Mohammad A. Karim +4 more
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Assessment of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure on Noncommunicable Diseases in Urban Slum of Mysuru City
Indian Journal of Medical Specialities, 2023 Background: Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death and disability globally, and the burden is expected to grow rapidly in developing countries.
Choedon +3 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 +2 more
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Out-of-pocket payments for health care services in Bulgaria: financial burden and barrier to access.
, 2012 BACKGROUND: In recent years, Bulgaria has increasingly relied on out-of-pocket payments as one of the main sources of health care financing. However, it is largely unknown whether the official patient charges, combined with informal payments, are ...
Atanasova, Elka +4 more
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Health Policy Open, 2023 Background and objectives: Diabetes has become one of the fastest growing public health emergencies worldwide. The objective of this study was to estimate the average annual out-of-pocket cost of diabetes treatment as well as to find out the catastrophic
Zakir Hossain +2 more
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Out-of-pocket payments for treatment of COVID-19 in Iran
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2022 Introduction Out-of-pocket (OOP) is among the payment methods in Iran’s health system. The present study aimed to examine the OOP treatment costs for patients with COVID-19 in Iran. Methods A descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted in
Ali Reza Yusefi +6 more
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Out‐of‐pocket expenditures in adult patients with prurigo nodularis in France
JEADV Clinical Practice, 2023 Background Chronic prurigo or prurigo nodularis is a severe condition with chronic pruritus and skin lesions. Current unnmet medical needs are numerous and generate a significant burden for the patients.
Laurent Misery +6 more
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