Determinants of healthcare seeking and out-of-pocket expenditures in a “free” healthcare system : evidence from rural Malawi

Meike Irene Nakovics, Stephan Brenner, Grace Bongololo, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Olivier Kalmus, Gerald Leppert and Manuela De Allegri

Monitoring financial protection is a key component in achieving Universal Health Coverage, even for health systems that grant their citizens access to care free-of-charge. Our study investigated out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on curative healthcare services and their determinants in rural Malawi, a country that has consistently aimed at providing free healthcare services.

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Year of publication:	27 May 2020
Authors:	Nakovics, Meike Irene ; Brenner, Stephan ; Kalmus, Olivier ; De Allegri, Manuela
Published in:	Health economics review. - Heidelberg : Springer, ISSN 2191-1991, ZDB-ID 2634483-X. - Vol. 10.2020
Subject:	Health care seeking behaviour \| Health financing \| Costs \| Health care allocation, (country of expertise: Malawi) \| Malawi \| Gesundheitswesen \| Health care system \| Gesundheitskosten \| Health care costs \| Gesundheitsversorgung \| Health care \| Gesundheitsfinanzierung \| Health care financing \| Ländlicher Raum \| Rural area

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Notes:	Gesehen am 30.07.2020
Other identifiers:	10.1186/s13561-020-00271-2 [DOI] hdl:10419/285158 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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