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Distribution and Determinants of Out-of-pocket Healthcare Expenditures in Bangladesh [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2017 As in many low-income and middle-income countries, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments by patients or their families are a key healthcare financing mechanism in Bangladesh that leads to economic burdens for households. The objective of this study was to identify whether and to what extent socioeconomic, demographic, and behavioral factors of the population ...
Mahumud, Rashidul Alam +5 more
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Determinants of out of pocket health expenditure in Turkey [PDF]
European Journal of Public Health, 2013 Background Financial protection against the adverse effects of household out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures is an important policy goal for governments. The aim of the study is to quantify the extent of OOP health care expenditure and determine the factors responsible for it in Turkey.
K Sozmen, B Unal
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An Analysis of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Ghana
Frontiers in Health Services, 2022 IntroductionGhana implemented a universal health coverage scheme aimed at attaining financial risk protection against catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures. The effort has yielded mixed benefits for the different socio-economic profiles of the population.
Sataru, Fuseini +2 more
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Problemy Zarządzania, 2019 The aim of the paper is to present the financial consequences of the entry into force of the Reimbursement Act in 2012 for the National Health Fund, a payer of public funds, and for individual patients. A greater burden on the society – i.e.
Zofia Skrzypczak, Jadwiga Suchecka
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Factors Associated with Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Polish Regions [PDF]
Healthcare, 2021 Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments are perceived as the most regressive means of health financing. Using the panel-data approach and region-aggregated data from Statistics Poland, this research investigated associations between socio-economic factors and OOP health spending in 16 Polish regions for the period 1999–2019.
Błażej Łyszczarz, Zhaleh Abdi
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Geographic Variation in Out‐of‐Pocket Expenditures of Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries [PDF]
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2014 Objectives To examine whether out‐of‐pocket expenditures ( OOPE s) exhibit the same geographic variation as Medicare claims, given wide variation in the costs of U.S. health care, but no information on how that translates into
Chen, Lena M. +4 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic increased the utilisation of healthcare services. Such utilization could lead to higher out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) and catastrophic health expenditures (CHE).
Elumalai Rajalakshmi +7 more
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Changes in Catastrophic Health Expenditures Depending on Health Policies in Turkey
Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Without any financial protection out of pocket health expenses are essential both because their increase causes difficulties in accessing higher quality health services for households and more importantly because it complicates access to most basic ...
Guvenc Kockaya +2 more
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Co-payments for general practitioners in Denmark:an analysis using two policy models [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: The increasing health expenditure for general practitioners (GPs) in Denmark requires that other ways of financing the health system are investigated.
Andrioti, Despena, Hansen, Camilla
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A National Study of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures for Mammography Screening [PDF]
Journal of Women's Health, 2011 To identify variations in screening mammography expenditures, primarily out-of-pocket and total expenditures, of women 40-64 years of age in the United States and factors associated with variations.Retrospective analysis of data collected from the 2007 and 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS).
Traci, LeMasters, Usha, Sambamoorthi
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