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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Health expenditure"”.
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An investigation into out of pocket health expenditure in India
This study critically analyses out of pocket health expenditure (OOPHE) in India, and provides policy suggestions that can enhance the Indian healthcare sector. Using nationally representative household data (2011-12) collected by the National Sample Survey Organization, three research areas have …
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Socio-economic status and household catastrophic health expenditure in urban Argentina
… determinants of catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditure in Argentina in order to be able to capture the distribution of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) among health coverage. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on the Household Expenditure Survey for 2012/2013. Using …
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An investigation of the determinants of public health expenditure in SADC
… investigate the determinants of domestic public health expenditure in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) using annual panel data for the period 2000 to 20 16. Combinations of macroeconomic, technological and demographic factors were used as select determinants. The study also made …
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The Effect Of Health Expenditure And Other Determinants On Health Outcomes
<p>A major question in determining health policy is to what extent the additional health care expenditure yields benefits in the form of improved health outcomes. However, establishing relationships between them is very complex, because there are numerous factors besides health expenditure that …
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Surgical catastrophic health expenditure at New Somerset Hospital, a South African public sector hospital
Background: Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishing health expenditure (IHE) are significant barriers to surgical care. Worldwide, 3.7 billion people risk financial catastrophe if they require surgery, mostly affecting the poorest populations in LMICs. Surgical CHE and IHE are not …
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Sensitivity of measuring the progress in financial risk protection to varied survey instruments: A case study of Ghana
Valid and reliable data on household health expenditure and other household consumption expenditure are important for monitoring the progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). However, the difficulty in obtaining reliable estimates of private expenditure on health often undermine the …
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Determinants of Life Insurance Penetration in SADC
… financial development, urbanisation, education, health expenditure, age dependency, life expectancy, institutional quality (independent variables), and life insurance penetration (dependent variable) in Southern African Development Community member states. The study employed the fixed effects and …
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Political economy of health in the Southern African Development Community(SADC) region:The effect of political instability on health outcomes and expenditure
… studies the effect of political stability on health outcomes and expenditure in the SADC region. The health outcomes under investigation are life expectancy at birth, maternal mortality ratio, infant mortality rate and HIV incidence. Health expenditure is captured as the percentage of total …
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Economic consequences for households of illness and of paying health care in Zimbabwe: A case study
… consequences of illness and of paying for health care in Zimbabwe. It explores the incidence of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments, catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), impoverishment and the factors, (particularly socio-economic factors) associated with them. In addition, this study determines …
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Magnitude and determinants of the ratio between prevalences of low vision and blindness in rapid assessment of avoidable blindness surveys
… of the study, which was approved by Faculty of Health Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Cape Town. The study was observational analytical, aiming to determine the magnitude and determinants of the ratio between prevalence of low vision and prevalence of blindness using …
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Analysis of households? modern energy deprivations beyond connections and access in the Northwest zone of Nigeria
… of modern cooking solution influence households' health outcomes against the backdrop of widespread use of biomass for cooking? Thirdly, can subsidies and credit regimes be effectively deployed to stimulate large-scale uptake of improved cookstoves? Consequently, chapter 2 evaluates the causal …
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An Analysis of Project Risk Factors for Donor Funded Projects and Programs in the Health Sector in Zimbabwe
Like many developing nations, the health sector in Zimbabwe is not adequately funded and has for many years complemented its tight budget with external funding and development assistance (MOHCC, 2016: 11). External funding comes from various partners in the form of donor funds or international …
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Responding to the Pandemic: A Multicountry Study on Social-Political Factors and Health Outcomes of COVID-19
… caused devastating consequences of population health, political, and economic crises in many countries. This dissertation was composed of three research activities to study the following aims: (1) review the existing literature focusing on political factors and health outcomes of COVID-19; (2) …
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Authoritarian regime types, political and socio-economic outcomes, and democratic survival
… judiciary and experience higher levels of health expenditure. A third paper provides evidence that the mechanisms which protect contested autocracies also lay the foundation for an institutional framework in which the subsequent democratic regimes are more likely to survive. This …
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Government expenditure variables and economic growth in Zambia
… the impact of several components of government expenditure on economic growth between 2001Q1 and 2014Q4 using the vector error correction model. The study found that only expenditure on transport and gross fixed capital formation had a significant positive impact on economic growth in the …
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Oil volatility and government spending behaviour in oil-exporting countries.
… of oil volatility and the effect on government expenditure. Thirdly, there is little research on the impact of volatility in relation to the quality of political institutions and the influence of extant democratic processes. The thesis, therefore, seeks to contribute to closing these gaps. In …
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Government expenditure and health, education and housing outcomes: empirical analysis from South Africa
… analyses the relationship between government expenditure on health, education, and housing and their corresponding outcomes across nine provinces in South Africa. Notwithstanding considerable public investment in these vital areas, South Africa persists in confronting serious difficulties, …
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Nursing Innovation As A Solution To Improve Care Delivery
<p>Healthcare in the United States is complex and expensive. The 2023 per capita national health expenditure for the United States was $14,570 and 31% of national health expenditures were related to hospital care (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024). Healthcare innovation is a …
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How adults with type 2 diabetes and a chronic lower extremity wound understand the link between their wound and their diabetes management
… made to improve care and education delivered to health professionals and their patients with diabetes and chronic wounds so they are aware of what actions they can take to improve wound healing and also prevent future complications. Further research is needed to identify knowledge levels of both …
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Fiscal federalism an equity in the financing of primary health care: The case of South Africa
… on the equitable distribution of primary health care resources in South Africa. The study evaluates the processes and criteria for intergovernmental and sector budgeting, the influence of key stakeholders, community involvement in PHC budgeting, and policy objectives of the health sector …
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