BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the out-of pocket expenditure and coping strategies adopted by families of children admitted in a hospital in Bangladesh with pneumonia. METHODS Trained interviewers surveyed parents of 90 children and conducted in-depth interviews with six families below the age of 5 years who were admitted to the largest pediatric hospital in Bangladesh with a diagno...

With the ongoing demographic and epidemiological transition, cancer is emerging as a major public health concern in India. This paper uses nationally representative household survey to examine the overall prevalence and economic burden of cancer in India. The age-standardized prevalence of cancer is estimated to be 97 per 100,000 persons with greater prevalence in urban areas. The evidence sugg...

AIMS Dental services differ from other health services in several dimensions. One important difference is that a substantial share of costs of dental services-especially costs beyond routine dental treatment-is paid directly by the patient out-of-pocket. SETTINGS AND DESIGN This study analyses the socio-economic determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for dental services (OOPE) in Austria a...

BACKGROUND As the drive towards universal coverage is gaining momentum globally, the need for assessing levels of financial health protection in countries, particularity the developing world, has increasingly become important. In Swaziland, the level of financial health protection is not clearly understood. OBJECTIVE To assess financial catastrophe and impoverishment from out-of-pocket paymen...

Abstract. This study explored the burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditure on urban inhabitants with different socio-economic status and health insurance schemes in Nakhon Sawan Municipality. This study employed a cross sectional survey by using a structured questionnaire. Health personnel from six primary care units interviewed a representative of the sampled households. Sampled ho...

INTRODUCTION This study sought to examine medical expenditures among non-institutionalized adults in the United States with one or more chronic conditions. METHOD Using data from the 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC), we explored total and out-of-pocket medical, hospital, physician office, and prescription drug expenditures for non-institutionalized adults ...

BACKGROUND The state of Uttar Pradesh, India accounts for one-quarter of India's neonatal deaths and 8 percent of those worldwide. More than half (52%) of these deaths occur due to infections. In order to achieve Millennium Development Goal-4 of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by the year 2015, it is important to study factors which affect neonatal health. In Uttar Pradesh there is meage...