Financial catastrophe and poverty impacts of out-of-pocket health payments in Turkey
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, vol.16, no.3, pp.255-270, 2015 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 16 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s10198-014-0570-z
- Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
- Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.255-270
- Keywords: Out-of-pocket health payment, Catastrophic health expenditure, Poverty, Turkey, CARE, IMPOVERISHMENT, EXPENDITURE, COUNTRIES, SECTOR, ASIA
- Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No
Abstract
To determine the prevalence of catastrophic health payments, examine the determinants of catastrophic expenditures, and assess the poverty impact of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments.