Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016
<p><strong>Background:</strong> Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial risk protection of many households.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We aimed to investigate the incide...
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Oxford University Press
2021
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| author | Ahmed, S Ahmed, MW Hasan, MZ Mehdi, GG Islam, Z Rehnberg, C Niessen, LW Khan, JAM |
| author_facet | Ahmed, S Ahmed, MW Hasan, MZ Mehdi, GG Islam, Z Rehnberg, C Niessen, LW Khan, JAM |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong> Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial risk protection of many households.</p>
<p><strong>Methods:</strong> We aimed to investigate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment from OOP payments and their determinants. We employed nationally representative Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 data with a sample of 46 076 households. A household that made OOP payments of >10% of its total or 40% of its non-food expenditure was considered to be facing CHE. We estimated the impoverishment using both national and international poverty lines. Multiple logistic models were employed to identify the determinants of CHE and impoverishment.</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> The incidence of CHE was estimated as 24.6% and 10.9% using 10% of the total and 40% of non-food expenditure as thresholds, respectively, and these were concentrated among the poor. About 4.5% of the population (8.61 million) fell into poverty during 2016. Utilization of private facilities, the presence of older people, chronic illness and geographical location were the main determinants of both CHE and impoverishment.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The financial hardship due to OOP payments was high and it should be reduced by regulating the private health sector and covering the care of older people and chronic illness by prepayment-financing mechanisms.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:382e3131-dc4d-46e5-b777-378fb598ea7b2022-04-04T09:52:18ZAssessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:382e3131-dc4d-46e5-b777-378fb598ea7bEnglishSymplectic ElementsOxford University Press2021Ahmed, SAhmed, MWHasan, MZMehdi, GGIslam, ZRehnberg, CNiessen, LWKhan, JAM<p><strong>Background:</strong> Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare have been increasing steadily in Bangladesh, which deteriorates the financial risk protection of many households.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We aimed to investigate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment from OOP payments and their determinants. We employed nationally representative Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 data with a sample of 46 076 households. A household that made OOP payments of >10% of its total or 40% of its non-food expenditure was considered to be facing CHE. We estimated the impoverishment using both national and international poverty lines. Multiple logistic models were employed to identify the determinants of CHE and impoverishment.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> The incidence of CHE was estimated as 24.6% and 10.9% using 10% of the total and 40% of non-food expenditure as thresholds, respectively, and these were concentrated among the poor. About 4.5% of the population (8.61 million) fell into poverty during 2016. Utilization of private facilities, the presence of older people, chronic illness and geographical location were the main determinants of both CHE and impoverishment.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The financial hardship due to OOP payments was high and it should be reduced by regulating the private health sector and covering the care of older people and chronic illness by prepayment-financing mechanisms.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Ahmed, S Ahmed, MW Hasan, MZ Mehdi, GG Islam, Z Rehnberg, C Niessen, LW Khan, JAM Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 |
| title | Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 |
| title_full | Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 |
| title_short | Assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments and their determinants in Bangladesh: evidence from the nationwide Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 |
| title_sort | assessing the incidence of catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment from out of pocket payments and their determinants in bangladesh evidence from the nationwide household income and expenditure survey 2016 |
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