Financial risk protection from out-of-pocket health spending in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the literature

T Rahman, D Gasbarro, K Alam - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022 - Springer
Background Financial risk protection (FRP), defined as households' access to needed
healthcare services without experiencing undue financial hardship, is a critical health …

Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the …

S Ahmed, MW Ahmed, MZ Hasan, GG Mehdi… - International …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in
Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial risk protection of many households. Methods …

The effect of community based health insurance on catastrophic health expenditure in Northeast Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

AM Mekonen, MG Gebregziabher, AS Teferra - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Moving towards the goal of universal health coverage requires strengthening
service delivery and overcoming significant financial barriers. The Government of Ethiopia is …

Examining the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures and its determinants using multilevel logistic regression in Malawi

AN Mulaga, MS Kamndaya, SJ Masangwi - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite a free access to public health services policy in most sub-Saharan
African countries, households still contribute to total health expenditures through out-of …

The impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme on the “health poverty alleviation” of rural households in China

L QIN, C Chen, Y LI, Y SUN, C Hong - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the impact of the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS)
on rural households to escape poverty. We employ the instrumental variable method, the …

Can health service equity alleviate the health expenditure poverty of Chinese patients? Evidence from the CFPS and China health statistics yearbook

S Tang, L Yao, C Ye, Z Li, J Yuan, K Tang… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives To comprehend the relationship between various indicators of health service
equity and patients' health expenditure poverty in different regions of China, identify areas …

Using an equity-based framework for evaluating publicly funded health insurance programmes as an instrument of UHC in Chhattisgarh State, India

S Nandi, H Schneider - Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020 - Springer
Background Universal health coverage (UHC) has provided the impetus for the introduction
of publicly funded health insurance (PFHI) schemes in the mixed health systems of India and …

When state-funded health insurance schemes fail to provide financial protection: an in-depth exploration of the experiences of patients from urban slums of …

S Nandi, H Schneider - Global Public Health, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the dynamics of access under the state-funded universal health
insurance scheme in Chhattisgarh, India, and specifically the relationship between choice …

Catastrophic health care spending in managing type 2 diabetes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania

P Binyaruka, S Mtenga - PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 disrupted health care provision and access and reduced household income.
Households with chronically ill patients are more vulnerable to these effects as they access …

Determinants of catastrophic health expenditure in Vietnam

NT Thu Thuong, Y Van Den Berg… - … Journal of Health …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background The Government of Vietnam has set the goal of achieving universal
health coverage (UHC) by 2025. Health insurance (HI) is being considered a tool to achieve …