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The Burden of Out-of-Pocket Expenditure Related to Gynaecological Cancer in Malaysia [PDF]

Healthcare (Switzerland), 2022
This study aimed to estimate the economic burden on gynaecological cancer patients and their households, in terms of out-of-pocket expenditure, catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and poverty impact. A cross-sectional study was conducted at an academic tertiary-care health centre in an upper-middle-income country.
Chee Hui Liew, Fatiha Hana Shabaruddin, Maznah Dahlui   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Estimation of out-of-pocket expenditure and catastrophic health expenditure among households of urban areas of Haryana (India) [PDF]

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Background: The health system financing of almost all low- and middle-income countries, including India, relies heavily on out-of-pocket (OOP) payments. Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for patient care has been known to cause maximum impoverishment.
Ramesh Verma, Himani Arora, Meena Rajput, Meenakshi Kalhan, Vinod Chayal, Ginni Agrawal, Rohit Dhaka, Achchhesh Singmar, Divya Sharma, Meenu Yadav, Dwarka Nath, Amandeep Kaur, Mohit Rohilla, Amit Kumar, Pankul Parnami   +14 more
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Understanding out-of-pocket expenditure in India: a systematic review. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Introduction Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) constitutes a substantial portion of healthcare costs in India, accounting for 47.1% of the Total Health Expenditure in 2019-20. Despite a decline from previous years, OOPE remains a significant financial burden, contributing to catastrophic health expenditures and impoverishment for households.
Kamath S, Maliyekkal J, Elstin Anbu Raj S, Varshini RJ, Brand H, Sirur A, Singh V, Prabhu V, Sumit K, Kamath R.   +9 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure for medicines in China and India. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health, 2022
Introduction Using nationally representative survey data from China and India, this study examined (1) the distribution and patterns of multimorbidity in relation to socioeconomic status and (2) association between multimorbidity and out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) for medicines by socioeconomic groups.
La DTV, Zhao Y, Arokiasamy P, Atun R, Mercer S, Marthias T, McPake B, Pati S, Palladino R, Lee JT.   +9 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

IJCM_237A: Assessment of out-of-pocket expenditure amongst admitted patients in a tertiary care centre of Maharashtra: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Out-of-pocket expenditure for hypertension care: a population-based study in low-income urban Medellin, Colombia

Global Health Action, 2020
Background Hypertension requires life-long medical care, which may cause economic burden and even lead to catastrophic health expenditure. Objective To estimate the extent of out-of-pocket expenditure for hypertension care at a population level and its ...
Esteban Londono Agudelo, Anai Garcia Fariñas, Tatiana Villacrés Landeta   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines among adults in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionTo achieve universal health coverage consistent with World Health Organization recommendations, monitoring financial protection is vital, even in the context of free medical care.
Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi, Mohammed Khaled Al-Hanawi, Mpho Keetile   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Health: A Global Stocktake [PDF]

The World Bank Research Observer, 2020
Abstract This paper provides an overview of research on out-of-pocket health expenditures by reviewing the various summary measures and the results of multi-country studies using these measures. The paper presents estimates for 146 countries from all World Bank income groups for all summary measures, along with correlations between the ...
Eozenou, Patrick, Wagstaff, Adam, Smitz, Marc   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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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Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram and out of pocket expenditure

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2016
Manas Pratim Roy, Ratan Gupta, Meetu Salhan   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources