Assessing the determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditures among Cambodian households in informal employment using survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As the deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals approaches, financial protection in Cambodia remains inadequate, especially for nonpoor informal workers lacking formal social health protection coverage or access to other prepayment schemes. This exposes them to high out-of-pocket health expenditures (OOPE) and related financial hardship. To better understand the drivers behind these expenditures, our study aims to model their healthcare, health, and social determinants and to assess their relative importance.

Methods

In 2023, we conducted a cross-sectional multistage clustered sampling survey across seven Cambodian provinces, surveying 3,254 households engaged in informal employment and not covered by any formal social health protection scheme. The survey ga

SUBMITTER: Kaiser AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783865 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature