Catastrophic payments for health care in Asia

van Doorslaer, Eddy; O’Donnell, Owen; P. Rannan‐Eliya, Ravindra; Somanathan, Aparnaa; Raj Adhikari, Shiva; C. Garg, Charu; Harbianto, Deni; N. Herrin, Alejandro; Nazmul Huq, Mohammed; Ibragimova, Shamsia; Karan, Anup; Lee, Tae‐Jin; Leung, GM; Rachel Lu, Jui-fen; Ng, Chiu‐Wan; Raj Pande, Badri; H. Racelis, Rachel; Tao, Sihai; Tin, Keith; Tisayaticom, Kanjana; Trisnantoro, Laksono; Vasavid, Chitpranee; Zhao, Yuxin

doi:10.1002/hec.1209

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Catastrophic payments for health care in Asia

Published in Health Economics • Feb 21, 2007

Authors:

Eddy van Doorslaer

Owen O’Donnell

Ravindra P. Rannan‐Eliya

Abstract

Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments are the principal means of financing health care throughout much of Asia. We estimate the magnitude and distribution of OOP payments for health care in fourteen countries and territories accounting for 81% of the Asian population. We focus on payments that are catastroph...

Subject

Payment

China

Health care

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