Household catastrophic health expenditure and its effective factors: a case of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) has placed special emphasis on protecting households from health care expenditures. Many households face catastrophic health expenditures (CHEs) from a combination of economic poverty and financing the treatment of medical conditions. The present study aimed to measure the percentage of households facing catastrophic CHEs and the factors associated with the occurrence of CHEs in Shiraz, Iran in 2018.

Methods

The present cross-sectional study was performed on 740 randomly selected households from different districts of Shiraz, Iran in 2018 using a multi-stage sampling method. Data were collected using the Persian version of the "WHO Global Health Survey" questionnaire. CHEs were defined as health expenditures exceeding 40% of hou

SUBMITTER: Ravangard R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444555 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature