Laos' Social Health Insurance (SHI) program's impact on older people's accessibility and financial security against catastrophic health expense.

ABSTRACT: Laos has introduced various SHI schemes for multiple groups of the population, such as government officials and other population groups under the NHI schemes. There is no specific health insurance policy for this group of people who need special health services and may have a higher possibility of entering financial catastrophe. This study aims to assess the impact of SHI schemes on accessibility and financial catastrophe against catastrophic health expenditures for older people in Laos. A structured questionnaire has been used to retrieve information from 400 older people across 39 villages in Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet province, the largest province in Laos. In the analytical process, this study used a cross-sectional study design and binary logistic regression models to pr

SUBMITTER: Bodhisane S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10688000 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature