The percentage of India's national budget allocated to the health sector remains one of the
lowest in the world, and healthcare expenditures are largely out-of-pocket (OOP). Currently …

In the background of ongoing health sector reforms in India, the paper investigates the
magnitude and trends in out-of-pocket and catastrophic payments for key population sub …

Abstract Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on health care has significant implications for
poverty in many develo** countries. This paper aims to assess the differential impact of …

Context Though promotion of institutional delivery is used as a strategy to reduce maternal
and neonatal mortality, about half of the deliveries in India are conducted at home without …

Using data from the 60th round of the National Sample Survey of India (2004), the study
investigates the incidence and correlates of 'catastrophic'maternal expenditure (ME) in India …

Background Within total health expenditure, the share of out-of-pocket health expenditure by
individuals has increased in the past 25 years in China, from 20% in 1980 to 49% in 2006 …

Background Despite large investment in central and state sponsored schemes for maternal
care, out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) and catastrophic health spending (CHS) on …

Aim This study estimated out-of-pocket health-care spending and its determinants among
households in Nigeria. Methods Using secondary data from the 2009/2010 Harmonized …

Using the consumption expenditure data, National Sample Survey, 2009–2010, this paper
test the hypothesis that the monthly per capita household health spending of elderly …

Despite renewed policy priorities to universalise health coverage, unmet need for healthcare
is long-standing concern in India. The recent data suggests the unmet healthcare need …