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Catastrophic health expenditure among Iranian rural and urban households 2013-2014
Joint Authors
Gorji, Hasan Abu al-Qasim
Hadian, Muhammad
Ghiasvand, Husam
Maliki, Muhammadreza
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 9 (30 Sep. 2015), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-09-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background : During the last two decades, the trend of out-of-pocket payments (OOP) for health services by Iranian households has been a matter of concern and it has exposed a significant proportion of them to catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditures.
Objectives : The current study aimed to investigate three objectives: First, the mean of out-of-pocket payments among Iranian households for health services; second, the headcount and overshoot measures of catastrophic health expenditure; and finally the level of inequality in its distribution.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study on Iranian rural and urban households was conducted from April to June 2015.
The sample sizes were 19437 rural and 18888 urban households that Iranian Statistical Centre (ISC) selected them through a three -step randomized clustered sampling.
The headcount and overshoot measures for catastrophic health expenditure were calculated.
Also, the concentration index was calculated in order to investigate the inequality in distribution of the mentioned measures.
Results : The catastrophic health expenditure headcount ratio varied from 0.5% to 14.3% and from 0.48% to 13.27% for rural and urban households, respectively.
Also, the overshoot of catastrophic health expenditure varied from 9.62% to 18.72% and from 8.8% to 17.74% for rural and urban households, respectively.
Conclusions : Considering Iran’s economic condition during the last five years, the catastrophic health expenditure headcount ratio was more than 2% in Iran.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ghiasvand, Husam& Gorji, Hasan Abu al-Qasim& Maliki, Muhammadreza& Hadian, Muhammad. 2015. Catastrophic health expenditure among Iranian rural and urban households 2013-2014. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 17, no. 9, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-644916
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ghiasvand, Husam…[et al.]. Catastrophic health expenditure among Iranian rural and urban households 2013-2014. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 17, no. 9 (Sep. 2015), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-644916
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ghiasvand, Husam& Gorji, Hasan Abu al-Qasim& Maliki, Muhammadreza& Hadian, Muhammad. Catastrophic health expenditure among Iranian rural and urban households 2013-2014. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2015. Vol. 17, no. 9, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-644916
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 10-11
Record ID
BIM-644916