Occupational and geographical differentials in financial protection against healthcare out-of-pocket payments in Nepal: Evidence for universal health coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The low-and middle-income countries, including Nepal, aim to address the financial hardship against healthcare out-of-pocket (OOP) payments through various health financing reforms, for example, risk-pooling arrangements that cover different occupations. World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended member states to establish pooling arrangements so that the financial risks owing to health uncertainty can be spread across population. This study aims to analyse the situation of financial protection across occupations and geography using nationally representative annual household survey (AHS) in Nepal.

Methods

We measured catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) due to OOP using two popular approaches-budget share and capacity-to-pay, and impoverishment impact at abs

SUBMITTER: Sapkota VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9882914 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature