[HTML][HTML] The burden of catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure in Armenia: An analysis of Integrated Living Conditions Surveys, 2014–2018

J Kazungu, CL Meyer, KG Sargsyan… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Armenia's health spending is characterized by low public spending and high out-of-pocket
expenditure (OOP), which not only poses a financial barrier to accessing healthcare for …

Catastrophic healthcare payments and impoverishment in the occupied Palestinian territory

A Mataria, F Raad, M Abu-Zaineh… - Applied Health Economics …, 2010 - Springer
Background Financial protection from the risks of ill health has globally recognized
importance as a principal performance goal of any health system. This type of financial …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures and its determinants using multilevel logistic regression in Malawi

AN Mulaga, MS Kamndaya, SJ Masangwi - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite a free access to public health services policy in most sub-Saharan
African countries, households still contribute to total health expenditures through out-of …

[HTML][HTML] Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar: policy implications in leading progress towards universal health coverage

CY Myint, M Pavlova, W Groot - International journal for equity in health, 2019 - Springer
Background Around the world, millions of people are impoverished due to health care
spending. The highest catastrophic health expenditures are found in countries in transition …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of out-of-pocket medicine's spending on catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment in Tunisia

S Ismaïl, C Arfa - Value in Health Regional Issues, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to estimate and analyze the effects of out-of-pocket expenditure
attributed to medicine on catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and intensity of catastrophic health care expenditures in Iran from 2008 to 2015: a study on Iranian household income and expenditure survey

V Yazdi-Feyzabadi, M Bahrampour… - International journal for …, 2018 - Springer
Background Households exposure to catastrophic health expenditure is a valuable measure
to monitor financial protection in health sector payments. The present study had two aims …

[HTML][HTML] 1 Armenia

V Petrosyan, H Martirosyan - 1981 - europepmc.org
Private expenditure accounts for the largest share of health financing in Armenia (WHO,
2016). It is followed by government expenditure and international grants (Ministry of Health …

Has Iran achieved the goal of reducing the prevalence of households faced with catastrophic health expenditure to 1%?: A national survey

A Shokri, AM Bolbanabad, S Rezaei… - Health Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims One of the goals of the Islamic Republic of Iran is to reduce
the prevalence of catastrophic health expenditures among Iranian households to 1% by the …

Catastrophic health expenditure in Benin: Extent, drivers, and policy implications

HG Houeninvo - Asian Journal of Economic Modelling, 2023 - ideas.repec.org
Large out-of-pocket spending on medical issues can expose households to catastrophic
health expenditure, which can result in poverty. This study aimed to estimate the extent of …

The impact of health reform in Iran on catastrophic health expenditures: equity and policy implications

E Ahmadnezhad, A Murphy… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Purpose In 2014, the Islamic Republic of Iran launched the Health Transformation
Plan (HTP), with the goal of achieving universal health coverage (UHC) through improved …