Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study
Objectives: This study aims to clarify the financial burden of health on the elderly. Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) in a major private general hospital in Phnom Penh was considered an indicator of financial burden. Study design: This study is a three-year cross-sectional study. Methods: To investigat...
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| author | Yurie Kobashi Khemvitou Sok Yoshifumi Hayashi Hong Chhay Masaharu Tsubokura Kimhab Chou Nobukazu Hokamura Akihiko Ozaki Yoshitaka Nishikawa Manabu Okawada |
| author_facet | Yurie Kobashi Khemvitou Sok Yoshifumi Hayashi Hong Chhay Masaharu Tsubokura Kimhab Chou Nobukazu Hokamura Akihiko Ozaki Yoshitaka Nishikawa Manabu Okawada |
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| description | Objectives: This study aims to clarify the financial burden of health on the elderly. Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) in a major private general hospital in Phnom Penh was considered an indicator of financial burden. Study design: This study is a three-year cross-sectional study. Methods: To investigate the characteristics of patients who visited the Sunrise Japan Hospital (SJH), their data were obtained from the electronic reception database. Results: A total of 119,938 patients who visited SJH from January 2017 to September 2019 were included. The median age (25th, 75th centiles) was 52 years (36, 66) and 38.31% of patients were aged over 60 years. The OOPP median (25th, 75th centiles was 73.78 USD (32, 161.89). The median OOPP was the lowest in the 20s and highest in the 90s. The OOPP of an emergency patient was the highest in the consultation classifications. Conclusions: The need to raise public awareness regarding the financial burden on the elderly is becoming increasingly urgent. It is vital to establish a social system to prevent the medical catastrophes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a4e96de32a054390b13b96d68f49ff2e2022-12-22T03:02:02ZengElsevierPublic Health in Practice2666-53522022-12-014100306Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional studyYurie Kobashi0Khemvitou Sok1Yoshifumi Hayashi2Hong Chhay3Masaharu Tsubokura4Kimhab Chou5Nobukazu Hokamura6Akihiko Ozaki7Yoshitaka Nishikawa8Manabu Okawada9Department of General Internal Medicine, Sunrise Japan Hospital Phnom Penh, Sangkat Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Corresponding author.Department of Radiology, Sunrise Japan Hospital Phnom Penh, Sangkat Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh, CambodiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Sunrise Japan Hospital Phnom Penh, Sangkat Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia; Department of Neurosurgery, Kitahara International Hospital, Owadamachi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0045, JapanDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Sunrise Japan Hospital Phnom Penh, Sangkat Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh, CambodiaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Soma, Fukushima, 976-0016, JapanDepartment of Medicine, University of Puthisastra, Sangkat Boeung Raing, Phnom Penh, CambodiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Sunrise Japan Hospital Phnom Penh, Sangkat Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh, CambodiaDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Jyobankamiyunagaya, Iwaki, Fukushima, 972-8322, JapanDepartment of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, JapanDepartment of Pediatrics, Sunrise Japan Hospital Phnom Penh, Sangkat Chroy Changvar, Phnom Penh, CambodiaObjectives: This study aims to clarify the financial burden of health on the elderly. Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) in a major private general hospital in Phnom Penh was considered an indicator of financial burden. Study design: This study is a three-year cross-sectional study. Methods: To investigate the characteristics of patients who visited the Sunrise Japan Hospital (SJH), their data were obtained from the electronic reception database. Results: A total of 119,938 patients who visited SJH from January 2017 to September 2019 were included. The median age (25th, 75th centiles) was 52 years (36, 66) and 38.31% of patients were aged over 60 years. The OOPP median (25th, 75th centiles was 73.78 USD (32, 161.89). The median OOPP was the lowest in the 20s and highest in the 90s. The OOPP of an emergency patient was the highest in the consultation classifications. Conclusions: The need to raise public awareness regarding the financial burden on the elderly is becoming increasingly urgent. It is vital to establish a social system to prevent the medical catastrophes.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535222000829DisparityAgingOut-of-pocket paymentCambodia |
| spellingShingle | Yurie Kobashi Khemvitou Sok Yoshifumi Hayashi Hong Chhay Masaharu Tsubokura Kimhab Chou Nobukazu Hokamura Akihiko Ozaki Yoshitaka Nishikawa Manabu Okawada Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study Public Health in Practice Disparity Aging Out-of-pocket payment Cambodia |
| title | Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A three-year cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | discrepancy of financial burden among elderly visiting a private general hospital in phnom penh cambodia a three year cross sectional study |
| topic | Disparity Aging Out-of-pocket payment Cambodia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535222000829 |
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