Determinants of Catastrophic Health Expenditure for Surgical Care: Panel Regression Model

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between risk of catastrophic health expenditure for surgical care and the share of public health expenditures in total health expenditures, which is an important indicator of health system structure, and country’s income level. The relationshi...

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Published in:Indian journal of surgery 2021-10, Vol.83 (5), p.1210-1215
Main Authors: Boz, Canser, Mete, Anı Hande, Aslan, Özgür
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiac Surgery
Expenditures, Public
Health aspects
Health care expenditures
Households
Longitudinal studies
Medical care, Cost of
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosurgery
Original Article
Pediatric Surgery
Personal income
Plastic Surgery
Public health
Quality of life
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
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Summary:The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between risk of catastrophic health expenditure for surgical care and the share of public health expenditures in total health expenditures, which is an important indicator of health system structure, and country’s income level. The relationship between risk of catastrophic health expenditure and public health expenditures and country’s income level was examined with panel regression analysis for 97 countries for the period of 2003–2015 via Stata 13.0 computer program. We found that both the share of public health expenditure in total health expenditures and the income have a statistically significant negative impact on the risk of catastrophic health expenditure for surgical care services. Catastrophic health expenditure endangers the routine expenditure and quality of life of households. In addition, it causes a decline in the economic and welfare indicators of countries and it negatively affects the quality of life of the households. That’s why, studies on the determinants of catastrophic health expenditures are both economically and sociopolitically important.
ISSN:0972-2068
0973-9793
DOI:10.1007/s12262-020-02116-y