Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gauge the health-care services from a patient's
perspective in five private hospitals in the Syrian capital Damascus. Design/methodology …

Background Out of pocket payments are the predominant method of financing healthcare in
many developing countries, which can result in impoverishment and financial catastrophe …

This line of reasoning—focusing on human capability—contrasts with the idea that health
care is special because of its impact on equality of opportunity. 6 It also differs from the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has produced mass market failure in global private health,
particularly in tertiary care. Low-and-middle income countries (LMICs) dependent on private …

Governments in many low-and middle-income countries are developing health insurance
products as a complement to tax-funded, subsidized provision of healthcare through publicly …

This article presents the results from an experimental evaluation of a voluntary health
insurance program for informal sector workers in Nicaragua. Costs of the premiums as well …

As explained in the text of the paper, our study focuses on the original urban SISBEN index.
There are four general types of information used in calculating the SISBEN index:(A) human …

In many countries large parts of the population do not have access to health insurance. Peru
has made an effort to change this in the early 2000s. The institutional setup gives rise to the …

OBJECTIVE To assess the individual financial impact of having diabetes in developing
countries, whether diabetic individuals possess appropriate medications, and the extent to …

Although a high level of drop-out from community-based health insurance (CBHI) is
frequently reported, it has rarely been analysed in depth. This study explores whether never …