Financing health in Latin America : household spending and impoverishment

Household Spending and Impoverishment, Volume 1 of the Financing Health in Latin America series, analyzes the level and determinants of catastrophic health expenditures across 12 countries, and presents new and important insights into the crucial issue of financial protection in health in the region. The results demonstrate that out-of-pocket health spending is pushing large portions of the population into poverty and that the most vulnerable segments of society are also those at greatest risk of financial catastrophe due to health spending