Introduction: Reliance on out-of-pockets (OOP) payments for health services has continued to hamper access quality healthcare across Nigeria. Socio-demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the gender household head as it influences impacts shocks OOP have received very little attention globally. This study investigated perspective shocks, expenditures coping mechanisms in North Central...

Abstract. This study explored the burden of household out-of-pocket health expenditure on urban inhabitants with different socio-economic status and health insurance schemes in Nakhon Sawan Municipality. This study employed a cross sectional survey by using a structured questionnaire. Health personnel from six primary care units interviewed a representative of the sampled households. Sampled ho...

Background: The incidence rates of lip and oral cancer have continued to increase, prognosis is associated with a country’s socioeconomic status. mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) reasonable indicator disparities in screening treatment. In this study, we aimed understand the association between economic status prognosis. Methods: Data were obtained from Global Cancer Observatory (GLOBOCAN) Wor...