Disease-Specific Impoverishment Impact of Out-of-Pocket Payments for Health Care: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
The poverty impact of OOP outlays for health care, in general, is quite high. However, it is especially high for NCDs, particularly for chronic NCDs and those requiring immediate surgical procedures. Hence, these illnesses should be given more priority for policy framing. In addition to suggesting some ex-ante measures (e.g. raising awareness regarding the risk factors causing NCDs), the paper argues for reforms to enhance efficiency in the public health care facilities and increasing the quality of public health care. </AbstractSection> Copyright Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
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2014
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Authors: | Hamid, Syed ; Ahsan, Syed ; Begum, Afroza |
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Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. - Springer, ISSN 1175-5652. - Vol. 12.2014, 4, p. 421-433
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