Background: Financial hardship of healthcare is defined as difficulty of obtaining affordable
care, including having to delay or forgo healthcare because of its cost. Financial protection …

Background Financial hardship (of health care) is a global and a national priority area. All
people should be protected from financial hardship to ensure inclusive better health …

Background Out-of-pocket health expenditure is the proportion of total health expenditure
that is paid by individuals and households at the time of health service. Hence, the objective …

Abstract Background In Ethiopia, household Out-Of-Pocket healthcare expenditure accounts
for one-third of total healthcare expenditure, is one of the highest in the world, and still …

Background Out of pocket (OOP) payments for health are significant health financing
challenges in Afghanistan as it is a source of incurrence of catastrophic health expenditure …

Ethiopia is an underfinanced country when compared to the Sub‐Saharan average. Direct
payment has a high account in Ethiopia and inhibits access to health services for the poor …

Introduction Ethiopian households' out-of-pocket healthcare payments constitute one-third of
the national healthcare budget and are higher than the global and low-income countries …

Background: Direct purchase of healthcare by households (HH) expose them to financial
catastrophe and impacts on a health system's ability to achieve universal health coverage …

Background Every year, 808 million people face catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), and
122 million people were pushed into poverty. It aggravates healthcare inequalities, incurs …

Background: Individuals and families suffer financial hardship in seeking health care. The
study aimed to assess health care financing and experience of financial hardship in seeking …