Financial risk protection from out-of-pocket health spending in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Financial risk protection (FRP), defined as households' access to needed healthcare services without experiencing undue financial hardship, is a critical health systems target, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Given the remarkable growth in FRP literature in recent times, we conducted a scoping review of the literature on FRP from out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending in LMICs. The objective was to review current knowledge, identify evidence gaps and propose future research directions.

Methods

We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines to conduct this scoping review. We systematically searched PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest and Web of Science in July 2021 for literature published sin

SUBMITTER: Rahman T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9336110 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature