Objectives Out-of-pocket (OOP) payment is the major payment strategy for healthcare in
Bangladesh, and the share of OOP expenditure has increased alarmingly. Dhaka is …

Background Despite improvements in many health indicators, providing access to affordable
healthcare remains a considerable challenge in Bangladesh. Financing incidence analysis …

Objectives As in many low-income and middle-income countries, out-of-pocket (OOP)
payments by patients or their families are a key healthcare financing mechanism in …

Focus on healthcare patterns and their determinants among the urban poor is crucial in
order to move towards universal health coverage. However, published literature on these …

Background Because of the rapid increase of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and high
burden of healthcare-related financial issues in Bangladesh, there is a concern that out-of …

Public Health expenditure to GDP ratio has remained low in developing countries and
general public has no choice but to seek healthcare from their own pocket, which has …

Background Predictors of high out-of-pocket household healthcare expenditure are
essential for creating effective health system finance policy. In Bangladesh, 63.3% of health …

Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures for healthcare continue to be the most significant means
of healthcare issue in the developing world and constitute a large share of their living …

Background Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in
Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial risk protection of many households. Methods …

Background As low-and middle-income countries progress toward Universal Health
Coverage, there is an increasing focus on measuring out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure and …