Objectives Out-of-pocket (OOP) costs are a major part of the expenditures for healthcare
services. In most cases, patient financial protection plans cover only direct medical costs and …

Piroozi et al have recently reported on out-of-pocket (OOP) payment in hospitalized patients
from Sanandaj, west of Iran after health transformation plan (HTP). 1 Their result needs to be …

Introduction: The most important goals of the health and cure services are promotion of life
quality and equal access of all the people to aforementioned services. Higher health care …

Objective (s): The out of pocket is one of financial resources in health system that might
cause severe suffering for many households. The aim of this study was to estimate the out of …

Background: Out-of-pocket is one of the most important payment methods in Iran's health
system, which has negative impacts on equity and pushes the vulnerable groups into …

This study is undertaken to estimate the out of pocket expenditure (OOPE) for various
diseases and its determinants at secondary level public health facilities in Odisha. Methods …

Background: Protecting households from risk of impoverishment due to out-of-pocket costs
in health care is a major challenge for health systems. Therefore, this study aimed at …

Background: Protecting people from catastrophic health payments is widely recognized as
an integral component of health systems and universal health coverage. Objectives: This …

Since the beginning of 1980s, the Iranian health care system has undergone several
reforms designed to increase accessibility of health services. Notwithstanding these reforms …

Background: One of the main goals of health sector evolution plan is reducing the amount of
out of pocket payment by patients receiving hospital services in public sectors. This study …