Impact of out of pocket payments on financial risk protection indicators in a setting with no user fees: the case of Mauritius

Impact of out of pocket payments on financial risk protection indicators in a setting with no user fees: the case of Mauritius

Abstract Background Mauritius embraces principles of a welfare state with free health care at point of use in any public facilities. However, the health financing landscape changed in 2007 when Private Health Expenditure (PvtHE) surpassed General Government Health Expenditure. PvtHE is predominately...

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Main Authors: Ajoy Nundoochan, Yusuf Thorabally, Sooneeraz Monohur, Justine Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Catastrophic health expenditure
Impoverishment
Out-of-pocket payments
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-0959-5

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