The Lao population mostly relies on out-of-pocket expenditures for health care services. This study aims to determine the role of community-based health insurance in making health care services accessible and in preventing financial catastrophe resulting from personal payment for inpatient services. A cross-sectional study design was applied. Data collection involved 126 insured and 126 uninsured house-holds in identical study sites. Two logistic regression models were used to predict and compare the probability of hospitalization and financial catastrophe tha
Background Out-of-pocket payments in health care have been shown to impose significant burden on hou...
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IntroductionIn Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), community-based health insurance (CBHI) is th...
Background Out-of-pocket payments in health care have been shown to impose significant burden on hou...
Background: In 2008, the Japanese government implemented a program of health lifestyle interventions...
In Cambodia, diabetes caused nearly 3% of the country’s mortality in 2016 and became the fourth high...
Contains fulltext : 109845.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access)OBJECTIVE: To e...
Background The scaling up of antiviral treatment (ART) coverage in the past decade has increased acc...
Background: Excessive healthcare payments can impede access to health services and also disrupt the ...
textabstractDue to the limited ability of publicly financed health systems in developing countries t...
Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleBackground Health care financi...
Abstract Background Chronic diseases pose a serious threat to health and longevity worldwide. As chr...
Abstract Hea1thcare financing in Thailand has been substantially changed, from 8 retrospective pay m...
INTRODUCTION:Moving towards the goal of universal health coverage requires strengthening service del...
High health care expenditures following a health shock can lead to long-term economic consequences. ...
Objective: To measure the impact of China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on catastrophic me...
Background: Universal health coverage is target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals. In many lo...
IntroductionIn Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), community-based health insurance (CBHI) is th...
Background Out-of-pocket payments in health care have been shown to impose significant burden on hou...
Background: In 2008, the Japanese government implemented a program of health lifestyle interventions...
In Cambodia, diabetes caused nearly 3% of the country’s mortality in 2016 and became the fourth high...