The extant literature on myriad interventional strategies to contain the adverse financial
impacts of soaring out‐of‐pocket expenditures commands systematic auditing and …

Purpose: This study determines the factors influencing the increase in out-of-pocket medical
costs in low-and middle-income countries from the reviewed literature. As there is little …

Background Approximately 150 million people suffer from financial catastrophe annually
because of out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPEs) on health. Although the National Health …

Ensuring affordable, effective health care and financial protection against the adverse effects
of household out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditures represents an important policy …

Background:" Achieve universal health coverage (UHC), including financial risk protection,
access to quality essential healthcare services and access to safe, effective, quality and …

Background Direct out-of-pocket payments (OOP) are among the most important financing
mechanisms in many health systems, especially in developing countries, adversely affecting …

Erlangga D, Suhrcke M, Bloor K, Ali S (2019) The impact of public health insurance on
health care utilisation, financial protection and health status in low-and middle-income …

High out of pocket (OOP) health expenditure has negative effects on households' budgets,
pushing a considerable portion of the population below the poverty line, and potentially …

Background Ghana introduced a national health insurance program in 2005 with the goal of
removing user fees, popularly called “cash and carry”, along with their associated …

Payment of user-fees for healthcare has negative consequences including catastrophic
expenditures and reduction in utilization of healthcare services. Conversely, health …