Household financial burden associated with out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Iran: insights from a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the key functions and ultimate goals of health systems is to provide financial protection for individuals when using health services. This study sought to evaluate the level of financial protection and its inequality among individuals covered by the Social Security Organization (SSO) health insurance between September and December 2023 in Iran.

Methods

We collected data on 1691 households in five provinces using multistage sampling to examine the prevalence of catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) at four different thresholds (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40%) of the household's capacity to pay (CTP). Additionally, we explored the prevalence of impoverishment due to health costs and assessed socioeconomic-related inequality in OOP payments for healthcare using th

SUBMITTER: Rezaei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11396140 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature