On the Measurement of Financial Protection: An Assessment of the Usefulness of the Catastrophic Health Expenditure Indicator to Monitor Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage

• Main Authors: Karen A. Grépin (Author), Bridget R. Irwin (Author), Benjamin Sas Trakinsky (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Ensuring financial protection (FP) against health expenditures is a key component of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.8, which aims to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). While the proportion of households with catastrophic health expenditures exceeding a proportion of their total income or...