Universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: catastrophic health expenditure and unmet need for healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universal health coverage means that all people can access essential health services without incurring financial hardship. Even in countries with good service coverage and financial protection, the progress towards universal health coverage may decelerate or be limited with respect to the growing older population. This study investigates the incidence/prevalence, determinants, and consequences of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and unmet need for healthcare and assesses the potential heterogeneity between younger (≤ 64 years) and older people (65 years≤).

Methods

Utilising an annual nationally representative survey of Japanese aged 20 years and over, we estimated the incidence of CHE and unmet need for healthcare using disaggregated estimates by household me

SUBMITTER: Okamoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10826197 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature