Catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar: policy implications in leading progress towards universal health coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Around the world, millions of people are impoverished due to health care spending. The highest catastrophic health expenditures are found in countries in transition. Our study analyzes the extent of financial protection by estimating the incidence of catastrophic health care expenditure in Myanmar and its association with sociodemographic factors.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of data from the household surveys conducted by the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) in 2013 and 2015 in Myanmar. To estimate the magnitude of catastrophic health care expenditure, we applied the definition of catastrophic payment proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO); a household's out-of-pocket payment for health care is considered catastrophic if it ex

SUBMITTER: Myint CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664746 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature