Out-of-pocket payments

Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016.
BACKGROUND Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial …
Sayem Ahmed, Mohammad Wahid Ahmed, Md Zahid Hasan, Gazi Golam Mehdi, Ziaul Islam, Clas Rehnberg, Louis W Niessen, Jahangir A M Khan
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The effect of a community-based health insurance on the out-of-pocket payments for utilizing medically trained providers in Bangladesh.
BACKGROUND We aimed to estimate the effect of the community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme on the magnitude of out-of-pocket …
Jahangir A M Khan, Sayem Ahmed, Marufa Sultana, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Sanchita Chakrovorty, Mohammad Hafizur Rahman, Ziaul Islam, Clas Rehnberg, Louis W Niessen
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Catastrophic healthcare expenditure and impoverishment in tropical deltas: evidence from the Mekong Delta region.
BACKGROUND Universal health coverage implies that people obtain the health services they need without experiencing financial hardship. …
Sayem Ahmed, Sylvia Szabo, Kristine Nilsen
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