Add to ORKGAbstract: Background Financial risk protection is a core dimension of universal health coverage. Hardship financing, defined as borrowing and selling land or assets to pay for healthcare, is a measure of last recourse. Increasing indebtedness and high interest rates, particularly among unregulated money lenders, can lead to a vicious cycle of poverty and exacerbate inequity. Methods To inform efforts to improve Cambodia\u2019s social health protection system we analyze 2019\u20132020 Cambodia Socio-economic Survey data to assess hardship financing, illness and injury related productivity loss, and estimate related economic impacts. We apply two-stage Instrumental Variable multiple regression to address endogeneity relating to net income. In...
A serious injury or illness usually increases medical expenses and often reduces income. Even worse,...
Social protection schemes in developing countries have been acknowledged as inadequate and governmen...
BACKGROUND: There is substantial evidence that ill-health is a major cause of impoverishment in deve...
Financial risk protection is a core dimension of Universal Health Coverage. Hardship financing, defi...
Over the past decades, many low- and middle-income countries have implemented health financing and s...
Borrowing is a common coping strategy for households to meet healthcare costs in countries where soc...
Improving financial access to services is an essential part of extending universal health coverage i...
In Cambodia, diabetes caused nearly 3% of the country’s mortality in 2016 and became the fourth high...
Summary objectives To document how out-of-pocket health expenditure can lead to debt in a poor rural...
The Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protection Policy Framework to stre...
International audienceThe Royal Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protect...
Over-indebtedness is fuelling, not alleviating, the health poverty trap in Cambodia. It is associate...
There is substantial evidence that ill-health is a major cause of impoverishment in developing count...
High health care expenditures following a health shock can lead to long-term economic consequences. ...
Copyright © 2017 BMJ Global Health. All rights reserved. Background: To assess progress towards univ...
A serious injury or illness usually increases medical expenses and often reduces income. Even worse,...
Social protection schemes in developing countries have been acknowledged as inadequate and governmen...
BACKGROUND: There is substantial evidence that ill-health is a major cause of impoverishment in deve...
Financial risk protection is a core dimension of Universal Health Coverage. Hardship financing, defi...
Over the past decades, many low- and middle-income countries have implemented health financing and s...
Borrowing is a common coping strategy for households to meet healthcare costs in countries where soc...
Improving financial access to services is an essential part of extending universal health coverage i...
In Cambodia, diabetes caused nearly 3% of the country’s mortality in 2016 and became the fourth high...
Summary objectives To document how out-of-pocket health expenditure can lead to debt in a poor rural...
The Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protection Policy Framework to stre...
International audienceThe Royal Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protect...
Over-indebtedness is fuelling, not alleviating, the health poverty trap in Cambodia. It is associate...
There is substantial evidence that ill-health is a major cause of impoverishment in developing count...
High health care expenditures following a health shock can lead to long-term economic consequences. ...
Copyright © 2017 BMJ Global Health. All rights reserved. Background: To assess progress towards univ...
A serious injury or illness usually increases medical expenses and often reduces income. Even worse,...
Social protection schemes in developing countries have been acknowledged as inadequate and governmen...
BACKGROUND: There is substantial evidence that ill-health is a major cause of impoverishment in deve...