The impact of public health insurance on health care utilisation, financial protection and health status in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanding public health insurance seeks to attain several desirable objectives, including increasing access to healthcare services, reducing the risk of catastrophic healthcare expenditures, and improving health outcomes. The extent to which these objectives are met in a real-world policy context remains an empirical question of increasing research and policy interest in recent years.

Methods

We reviewed systematically empirical studies published from July 2010 to September 2016 using Medline, Embase, Econlit, CINAHL Plus via EBSCO, and Web of Science and grey literature databases. No language restrictions were applied. Our focus was on both randomised and observational studies, particularly those including explicitly attempts to tackle selection bias in estimatin

SUBMITTER: Erlangga D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713352 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature