Catastrophic health expenditure, incidence, trend and socioeconomic risk factors in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the incidence and trend of catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) in China over the past 20 years and explore the socioeconomic factors affecting China's CHE rate.

Methods

The systematic review was conducted according to the Cochrane Handbook and reported according to PRISMA. We searched English and Chinese literature databases, including PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wan Fang, China Science and Technology Journal Database (CQVIP), and CBM (Sino Med), for empirical studies on the CHE rate in China and its associated socioeconomic factors from January 2000 to June 2020. Two reviewers conducted the study selection, data extraction, and quality appraisal. The secular trend of the CHE rate was examined, and

SUBMITTER: Zhang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9846062 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature