Financial risk protection in health care in Bangladesh in the era of Universal Health Coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring financial risk protection in health care and achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 is one of the crucial Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets for many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Bangladesh. We examined the critical trajectory of financial risk protection against out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenditure in Bangladesh.

Methods

Using Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey data from 2005, 2010, and 2016, we examined the levels and distributions of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishment incidences. We used the normative food, housing, and utilities method, refining it by categorizing households with zero OOP expenses by reasons.

Results

OOP expenditure doubled between 2005 and 2016

SUBMITTER: Rahman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231789 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature