Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study

The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) requires inter alia that families who get needed health care do not suffer undue financial hardship as a result. This can be measured by the percentage of people in households whose out-of-pocket health expenditures are large relative to their income or co...

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Main Authors:	Wagstaff, Adam, Flores, Gabriela, Hsu, Justine, Smitz, Marc-François, Chepynoga, Kateryna, Buisman, Leander R., van Wilgenburg, Kim, Eozenou, Patrick
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE UHC HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCIAL PROTECTION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29254

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spelling	okr-10986-292542021-05-25T10:54:43Z Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study Wagstaff, Adam Flores, Gabriela Hsu, Justine Smitz, Marc-François Chepynoga, Kateryna Buisman, Leander R. van Wilgenburg, Kim Eozenou, Patrick UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE UHC HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCIAL PROTECTION The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) requires inter alia that families who get needed health care do not suffer undue financial hardship as a result. This can be measured by the percentage of people in households whose out-of-pocket health expenditures are large relative to their income or consumption. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of catastrophic health spending, trends between 2000 and 2010, and associations between catastrophic health spending and macroeconomic and health system variables at the country level. 2018-01-29T20:45:20Z 2018-01-29T20:45:20Z 2018-02 Journal Article The Lancet Global Health 2214-109X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29254 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE UHC HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCIAL PROTECTION
spellingShingle	UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE UHC HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCIAL PROTECTION Wagstaff, Adam Flores, Gabriela Hsu, Justine Smitz, Marc-François Chepynoga, Kateryna Buisman, Leander R. van Wilgenburg, Kim Eozenou, Patrick Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study
description	The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) requires inter alia that families who get needed health care do not suffer undue financial hardship as a result. This can be measured by the percentage of people in households whose out-of-pocket health expenditures are large relative to their income or consumption. We aimed to estimate the global incidence of catastrophic health spending, trends between 2000 and 2010, and associations between catastrophic health spending and macroeconomic and health system variables at the country level.
format	Journal Article
author	Wagstaff, Adam Flores, Gabriela Hsu, Justine Smitz, Marc-François Chepynoga, Kateryna Buisman, Leander R. van Wilgenburg, Kim Eozenou, Patrick
author_facet	Wagstaff, Adam Flores, Gabriela Hsu, Justine Smitz, Marc-François Chepynoga, Kateryna Buisman, Leander R. van Wilgenburg, Kim Eozenou, Patrick
author_sort	Wagstaff, Adam
title	Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study
title_short	Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study
title_full	Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study
title_fullStr	Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study
title_full_unstemmed	Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study
title_sort	progress on catastrophic health spending in 133 countries : a retrospective observational study
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29254
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Progress on Catastrophic Health Spending in 133 Countries : A Retrospective Observational Study

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