Catastrophic household expenditure associated with out-of-pocket payments for dental healthcare in Spain

López-López, Samuel; Rubio, Raúl del Pozo; Ortega-Ortega, Marta; Sotos, Francisco Escribano

doi:10.1007/s10198-021-01420-y

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“…In addition, the samples included in this study were middle-aged and older adults aged 45 and above. Previous studies have shown that older age is a risk factor for CHE ( 29–31 ), thus the incidence of CHE was higher in this study.…”

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Catastrophic health expenditure of households with hypertension: a comparative study in China

Zhai

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to understand the impact of multimorbidity on catastrophic health expenditures for people with hypertension.MethodsData were obtained from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2018, 8,342 adults were included in our analysis. Propensity score matching method was used to compare the risk of catastrophic health expenditures between the hypertension patients (treatment group) and those without any chronic disease (control group) in middle-aged and older adults. Patients with hypertension were also divided into two groups: only hypertension and multimorbidity.ResultsHypertension increased the likelihood of CHE by 11.3% in older adults. Further analysis showed that hypertension alone does not increase the risk of CHE, and the risk of CHE in hypertension patients with multimorbidity was 12.9% higher than those without chronic disease.ConclusionOur study highlights the importance of healthy management of patients with only hypertension and preventing them from developing multimorbidity.

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Catastrophic health expenditure of households with hypertension: a comparative study in China

Zhai

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…A later study reported that 7.36% of households dedicated over 10% of their income to paying for dental care, and that 2.05% exceeded the 40% threshold for this purpose. These figures represent 36.32% and 51.34%, respectively, of out-of-pocket payments for health treatment [ 16 ].…”

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Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for dental treatment: regional evidence from Spain

López-López

Rubio

Ortega-Ortega

et al. 2023

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background To estimate the incidence and concentration of catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for healthcare and dental treatment, by region in Spain (calculated as the proportion of households needing to exceed a given threshold of their income to make these payments) in 2008, 2011 and 2015. Methods The data analysed were obtained from the Spanish Family Budget Survey reports for the years in question. The study method was that proposed by Wagstaff and van Doorslaer (2003), contrasting payments for dental treatment versus household income and considering thresholds of 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%, thus obtaining incidence rates. In addition, relevant sociodemographic variables were obtained for each household included in the study. Results With some regional heterogeneity, on average 4.75% of Spanish households spend more than 10% of their income on dental treatment, and 1.23% spend more than 40%. Thus, 38.67% of catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for dental services in Spain corresponds to payments at the 10% threshold. This value rises to 55.98% for a threshold of 40%. Conclusions An important proportion of catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for health care in Spain corresponds to dental treatment, a service that has very limited availability under the Spanish NHS. This finding highlights the need to formulate policies aimed at enhancing dental cover, in order to reduce inequalities in health care and, consequently, enhance the population’s quality of life and health status.

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Catastrophic household expenditure associated with out-of-pocket payments for dental healthcare in Spain

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Catastrophic health expenditure of households with hypertension: a comparative study in China

Catastrophic health expenditure of households with hypertension: a comparative study in China

Catastrophic out-of-pocket payments for dental treatment: regional evidence from Spain

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