Assessing the relationship between out-of-pocket spending on blood pressure and diabetes medication and household catastrophic health expenditure: evidence from Pakistan.
Biplab Kumar DattaMuhammad Jami HusainSamira AsmaPublished in: International journal for equity in health (2019)
Medication cost for managing two major NCDs and household catastrophic health expenditure have strong associations. The findings inform policies toward ensuring access to necessary healthcare services, and protecting households from NCD treatment related financial hardship.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- public health
- blood pressure
- mental health
- type diabetes
- health information
- cardiovascular disease
- primary care
- affordable care act
- adverse drug
- metabolic syndrome
- emergency department
- risk assessment
- hypertensive patients
- combination therapy
- young adults
- blood glucose
- social media
- human health
- replacement therapy