Catastrophic health expenditure: a community-based study in Sarawak, Malaysia

Background: Accessing health services can lead to individuals having pay catastrophic proportions of their available income and push many households into poverty. The aim the study was estimate expenditure in respect household determine factors affecting it Sarawak, Malaysia.Methods: We collected expenses based on a recall period one month through face-to-face interview. calculated terms 10% 40% capacity pay. A binary logistic regression analysis done associated with expenditure. Data by IBM SPSS version 27.0. Results: revealed that one-quarter (25.7%) food, equivalent MYR 373.562, 18.83% total (MYR 292.83). About two-fifths (37.4%) had incurred consumption 15.6% Multivariate forward backward linear methods age, gender, family size, socioeconomic status, chronic illness appeared be potential predictors (p<0.05). In contrast, status level education for (p<0.05).Conclusions: Subsidised care may not protect against occurrence among lower status. Family size age also could affect