Incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in Costa Rican households 2004 and 2013
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| Authors: | , |
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publication Date: | 2017 |
| Description: | Objetive: Identify the percentage of households whose out-of-pocket expenditures turn out to be a financial catastrophe (thirty to forty percent of household income). Methods: The World Bank's Research and Development Group Equity and Financial Protection module ADePT software is used along with a series of programmable routines that replicate the catastrophic expenditure analysis methodology of the study developed by Knaul, Wong, and Arreola-Ornelas (2012). Results: The incidence of catastrophic expenditure increased slightly from 0.6 percent of households in 2004 to 0.8 percent in 2013. Conclusions: The incidence of catastrophic health expenditure in Costa Rican households is not a problem for the Costa Rican health system, but the concern should be issue targeted. |
| Country: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Language: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/29595 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/29595 |
| Keyword: | health expenditures catastrophic expenditure household consumption household surveys hospitalization health insurance gastos en salud gasto catastrófico consumo de los hogares encuestas de hogares hospitalización seguro de salud |