Although financial toxicity is widely acknowledged to be a potential consequence of costly
cancer treatment, little is known about its prevalence and outcome among the Indian …

Background Ensuring access to essential quality health services and reducing financial
hardship for all individuals regardless of their ability to pay are the main goals of universal …

Assessing and ranking private health insurance companies provides insurance agencies,
insurance customers, and authorities with a reliable instrument for the insurance decision …

All countries worldwide have signed up to the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals and have committed to the objective of achieving 'universal health coverage …

Drawing on data from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS 7), we
examine the effect of energy poverty on household health expenditures. Further, we analyse …

Despite the potential role of a mother's health insurance coverage in enhancing her
children's health and well-being, research examining its impact on children's nutritional …

Background More than half of the global population is not effectively covered by any type of
social protection benefit and women's coverage lags behind. Most girls and boys living in …

Several low‐and middle‐income countries are considering health financing system reforms
to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC). However, empirical …

Background In absence of any form of health insurance, out-of-pocket payments for health
care lead to decreased use of health services and catastrophic health expenditures …

Ill-health causes poverty. The effect runs through multiple mechanisms that span lifetimes
and cross generations. Health systems can reduce poverty by improving health and …