Background People with disabilities often incur higher costs for healthcare, due to higher
needs, greater indirect costs, and the need for services not offered by the public system. Yet …

Utilizing the nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey dataset from 2016
and using the difference-in-difference technique, we compare the effect of the Universal …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread health, social and economic
impacts worldwide. In many contexts, it has likely exacerbated existing inequalities …

There are few impact evaluations of social assistance programmes amongst people with
disabilities, despite the increasing popularity of disability-targeted programmes. The …

Objective To assess access to general and disability-related health care among people with
disabilities in the Maldives. Methods This study uses data from a case-control study (n= 711) …

There is limited evidence from low-income countries on the multifaceted effects of disability
on an individual's wellbeing. Using a nationally representative sample of 2.8 million …

Disability inclusion is adopted as the main strategy to address poverty among persons with
disabilities. In low-and middle-income countries like Indonesia, the development disability …

Abstract We use 2015–2018 European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
longitudinal data for four European countries (the UK, Germany, France, and Italy) and a …

The assessment of disability-related costs among children remains a largely under-
researched subject with related questions rarely included in surveys. This paper addresses …

Background Caregivers are under enormous pressure in trying to provide for the needs of
their children with disabilities in South Africa. The care dependency grant (CDG), an …