Introduction: The high rate of catastrophic health care expenditure is a challenging problem societies face today. Identifying the influential factors on the expenditure is an important measure which should be taken to control them. In this study, the catastrophic health expenditure and its influential factors were examined.   Methods: Within the framework of Health Center Province, 400 hou...

Introduction: Health policy makers have long been concerned with protecting people from the possibility that ill health will lead to catastrophic financial payments and subsequent impoverishment. Yet catastrophic expenditure is not rare. We investigated the extent of catastrophic health expenditure as a first step to developing appropriate policy responses.. Methods: Data from household surveys...

Introduction: Catastrophic health expenditures is an index to evaluate the equity of health financing in different countries. This study investigates the catastrophic health expenditures and it’s determinants among the household residents of Zabol. Methods: This study was conducted in 2013-2014, using World Health Organization catastrophic health expenditure questionnaire. Cluster samp...

Introduction: Measurement of financial support for health services is determined by household out of pocket expenditure for health which is associated with two approaches: catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure in Tehran urban population. Method: This cross-sectional study was con...

Background: Achieving equitable financial contribution and removing the risk of households' exposure to catastrophic expenditures are the most important challenges for health systems all over the world. This study aimes to measure Iranian households' exposure to catastrophic health care expenditures and surveying the factors affecting this expenditure, based on the World Health Organization and...