Background Ensuring access to essential quality health services and reducing financial
hardship for all individuals regardless of their ability to pay are the main goals of universal …

Abstract Background The Seguro Popular (SP) was launched in 2004 to increase access to
healthcare and reduce catastrophic expenditures among the Mexican population. To …

Background: The core Universal Health Coverage (UHC) objectives are to ensure universal
access to healthcare services by reducing all forms of inequalities. However, financial …

Background Financing healthcare through out-of-pocket (OOP) payment is a major barrier in
accessing healthcare for the poor people. The Health Economics Unit (HEU) of the Ministry …

Background Expanding health insurance coverage is a priority under Sustainable
Development Goal 3. To address the intersection between poverty and health and remove …

Abstract Background Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) is a type of health
insurance program that provides financial protection against the cost of illness and …

Malaria burden has severe impact on the world. Several arsenals, including the use of
antimalarials, are in place to curb the malaria burden. However, the application of these …

We study in a lab experiment with slum dwellers in Nairobi whether background risk induces
ex ante risk-avoiding behaviour. We find that risk-averse subjects choose indeed less risky …

Most low and low‐middle income countries adopting National Health Insurance (NHI)
programs to achieve Universal Health Coverage are struggling to implement the program …

Objective: Early recognition of autism is important, but diagnosis age varies among children.
Recent studies have aimed to identify factors affecting age of diagnosis and several studies …