Background Monitoring financial protection is a key component in achieving Universal
Health Coverage, even for health systems that grant their citizens access to care free-of …

Background: Access to appropriate and affordable healthcare is needed to achieve better
health outcomes in Africa. However, access to healthcare remains low, especially among …

Background The goal of universal health coverage is challenging for chronically under-
resourced health systems. Although household out-of-pocket payments are the most …

Despite the removal of user fees on public primary healthcare in Zambia, prior studies
suggest that out-of-pocket payments are still significant. However, we have little …

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 …

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, out-of-pocket (OOP) payment is the key means of
healthcare financing, and expenses on medicines are a crucial component of such payment …

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

Background Out-of-pocket payments in health care have been shown to impose significant
burden on households in Sub-Saharan Africa, leading to constrained access to health care …

Background Analysing disease-specific impoverishment impact of out-of-pocket (OOP)
payments for health care is crucial for priority setting in any informed policy discussion. Lack …

Background Out of pocket (OOP) health spending can potentially expose households to risk
of incurring large medical bills, and this may impact on their welfare. This work investigates …