BACKGROUND Out-of-pocket expenditure to pay for health services could result in financial catastrophe. The purpose of this study was to identify the incidence and determinants of catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Colombia. The underlying hypotheses are that low-income and non-insured population in Colombia, and households living in isolated and high level of rurality regions...

BACKGROUND Equity and justice in healthcare payment form an integral part of health policy and planning. In the majority of low and middle-income countries (LMICs), healthcare inequalities are further aggravated by Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPE). This paper examines the pattern of health equity and regional disparities in healthcare spending among Indian states by applying Andersen's behaviou...

Prevention programs, particularly vaccinations, remain highly vulnerable to budget cuts because their benefits may not be immediately identifiable. Seven Western European countries were selected (Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Portugal) constituting a good mix of vaccine procurement modalities, with the objective to document the proportion of healthcare spending devoted to v...

BACKGROUND A dramatic increase in healthcare expenditures is a major health policy concern worldwide. Understanding factors that underlie the growth in healthcare expenditures is essential to assist decision-makers in finding best policies to manage healthcare costs. We aimed to examine the determinants of healthcare spending in Iran over the periods of 1978-2011. METHODS A time series analys...

background the pursuit of equity in health and healthcare has been the key feature of health policy in india. however, despite the policy significance, the volume of literature available on this issue is scarce. therefore, this paper is an attempt to examine the horizontal inequities in healthcare utilization, consisting of outpatient and inpatient care in 15 major states and north-eastern regi...

• Healthcare spending continues to grow in Canada; it is expected to surpass the $200 billion milestone for the first time in 2011. However, the speed of growth is the slowest in the last 15 years. • Canada is forecast to spend about $7 billion more on healthcare in 2011 than in 2010— or about $150 more per citizen (about $5800 per capita). This represents an estimated annual growth rate of 4%,...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Increased awareness has also increased the expectations of healthcare delivery in India, as people are constantly demanding better standards in terms of latest treatment, choices and affordable care. In India, patient’s out of pocket spending accounts for >80% of total healthcare expenditure. Factors like increasing population, increased life-expect...

Other countries favor more regulatory strategies, such as all-payer rate setting for hospitals and physicians in Germany, and single-payer systems in France and Canada. New data show that the United States continues to spend far more than its Western allies on healthcare—and with lcss-than-universal coverage (George J. Schicber, Jean-Pierre Poullier, and Leslie M. Grccnwald, "Health Spending, D...