Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) is a priority of most low-and middle-income
countries, reflecting governments' commitments to improved population health. However …

Objective: 2014 marked a rising public commitment to universal health coverage in Vietnam
to eliminate the financial burden for patients, but there are lots of hindrances. It is evident …

In India, most healthcare expenses are patients' out-of-pocket payments to private sector
providers. Catastrophic health expenditures drive millions of families deeper into poverty. To …

Antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic to cause an estimated ten million deaths by
2050. Self-medication with antibiotics in low-and middle-income countries has been …

How do families manage when health care systems do not “cover” and clinicians do not
acknowledge their children's condition? This article presents an ethnographic study in the …

Breast cancer, the most common cancer diagnosed among women, disproportionately
affects low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Based on an ethnographic study …

Luminos is the Open Access monograph publishing program from UC Press. Luminos
provides a framework for preserving and reinvigorating monograph publishing for the future …

There is mounting evidence on the importance of health insurance for children's health and
well‐being. However, many disadvantaged families do not enroll their eligible children in …

Vietnam has implemented reforms in how health care is financed to provide patient financial
risk protection. However, out-of-pocket payments remain high and insurance use is low …

Since the 2000s, hundreds of government-funded health insurance (GFHI) schemes were
introduced in India. These schemes are meant to prevent poorer households from incurring …