The inequalities and determinants of Households' Distress Financing on Out-off-Pocket Health expenditure in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Nor Zam Azihan Mohd Hassan (Author), Mohd Shaiful Jefri Mohd Nor Sham Kunusagaran (Author), Nur Amalina Zaimi (Author), Farhana Aminuddin (Author), Fathullah Iqbal Ab Rahim (Author), Suhana Jawahir (Author), Zulkefly Abdul Karim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare services potentially have severe consequences on households, especially among the poor. Under certain circumstances, healthcare payments are financed through selling household assets, or borrowings. This certainly could influence househ...