Socioeconomic inequality in informal payments for health services among Iranian households: a national pooled study

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence on the prevalence and socioeconomic inequality in informal payments (IP) of households in the Iranian health system. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of IP and related socioeconomic inequalities among Iranian households in all provinces.

Method

Data on Household Income and Expenditure Surveys (HIES) for 91,360 households were used to examine the prevalence and inequality in informal health sector payments in the years 2016 to 2018. The Normalized Concentration Index (NC) was used to examine inequality in these payments and the decomposition analysis by the Wagstaff approach was used to determine the share of variables affecting the measured inequality.

Results

Of the total households, 7,339 (7.9%) reporte

SUBMITTER: Yahyavi Dizaj J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9948334 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature