The effect of Seguro Popular de Salud on catastrophic and impoverishing expenditures in Mexico, 2004-2012

• Main Authors: Felicia Marie Knaul (Author), Héctor Arreola-Ornelas (Author), Rebeca Wong (Author), David G Lugo-Palacios (Author), Oscar Méndez-Carniado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To determine the impact of Seguro Popular (SPS) on catastrophic and impoverishing household expenditures and on the financial protection of the Mexican health system. Materials and methods. The propensity score matching (PSM) method was applied to the population affiliated to SPS to deter...