The financial burden of out of pocket payments on medicines among households in Ethiopia: analysis of trends and contributing factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Ethiopia, out-of-pocket (OOP) payment is the key means of healthcare financing, and expenses on medicines are a crucial component of such payment. This study aims to investigate the financial implications of OOP payments on medicines for Ethiopian households.

Methods

The study involved a secondary data analysis of the national household consumption and expenditure surveys of 2010/11 and 2015/16. The "capacity-to-pay" method was used to calculate catastrophic OOP medicine expenditures. The extent of economic status related to catastrophic medicine payment inequity was calculated using concentration index estimation. The impoverishment consequences of OOP payment on medicine were estimated using poverty headcount and poverty gap analysis methods. Logistic regress

SUBMITTER: Mekuria GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155387 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature