We examined out-of-pocket medical spending by persons with and without chronic conditions using data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Our results show that mean out-of-pocket spending increased with the number of chronic conditions. The level of this spending also varied by age and insurance coverage, among other characteristics. Out-of-pocket spending for prescription dru...

Background: Household expenditure on health is increasingly becoming a major source of health care financing in Nigeria. Recognizing the limitations of this pattern of financing health care, the government has introduced a social health insurance scheme policy that has provided for government meeting the health care costs of children. However, there is a dearth of information on the pattern and...

Abstract 
 Background: Pakistan is a developing country of South Asia and currently facing many challenges public health especially maternal one the emerging issues. There limited empirical evidence on out pocket expenditure (OOPE) selection private healthcare facility. This area was overlooked in research current study has tried to investigate impact OOPE hospital for delivery postnatal c...

Background Despite improvements in many health indicators, providing access to affordable healthcare remains a considerable challenge Bangladesh. Financing incidence analysis will enable an evaluation of how well the system performs achieve equity financing. The objective this study is assess burden out-of-pocket (OOP) cost on different socio-economic groups by assessing financing because OOP ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Increased awareness has also increased the expectations of healthcare delivery in India, as people are constantly demanding better standards in terms of latest treatment, choices and affordable care. In India, patient’s out of pocket spending accounts for >80% of total healthcare expenditure. Factors like increasing population, increased life-expect...