The prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is increasing in the US, which concomitantly associated with number cases cirrhosis related to chronic hepatitis C infection, as well rising diabetes, obesity, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. We conducted a retrospective observational analysis using administrative claims data assess healthcare economic burden patients newly diagnosed HCC t...

Objectives: Korea achieved universal population coverage through national health insurance in 1989. However, out-of-pocket payments (OOP) still accounted for 36% of total health expenditure in 2006. This paper aims to provide evidence for improving the benefit package through analyzing household financial burden. Methods: OOP and the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure were analysed us...

BACKGROUND To describe patterns of recent health service utilisation, and consequent out-of-pocket expenses among older people in countries with low and middle incomes, and to assess the equity with which services are accessed and delivered. METHODS 17,944 people aged 65 years and over were assessed in one-phase population-based cross-sectional surveys in geographically-defined catchment area...

With the establishment of the social security system in 1924, Chile started the path towards UHC. A key milestone was the creation of the National Health System in 1952, which offered public subsidized coverage for the poor [1]. Currently, after the partial privatization of social security in 1981 the health system is mixed, both in insurance and in service provision [2], and health insurance r...

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated a) the amount and types of out-of-pocket expenditures by patients for nominally free services in a large public hospital in Bangladesh, b) the factors influencing these expenses, and c) the impact of these expenses on household income. METHODS: Eighty-one maternity patients were interviewed during their hospitalization in the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Pa...