Impact of maternal and child health private expenditure on poverty and inequity : review of the literature on the extent and mechanisms by which maternal, newborn, and child healthcare expenditures exacerbate poverty, with focus on evidence from Asia and the Pacific
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2012
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Asian Development Bank
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A key barrier to appropriate health care is the frequent need for households to pay out-of-pocket (OOP) for medical treatment. According to recent research, in many countries in Asia and the Pacific there is a significant incidence of both catastrophic and impoverishing impacts of OOP spending for healthcare. This review is a compilation and assessment of available global evidence on the mechanisms through which Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) care expenditures heighten poverty and affect households. The longer-term consequences of coping strategies, such as taking out loans and selling off assets, have rarely or sufficiently been examined.
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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURE, LITERATURE SURVEYS, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, POVERTY, HEALTH INEQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COST ANALYSIS, WOMEN'S HEALTH, GOVERNMENT POLICY, IMPOVERISHMENT, RESEARCH NEEDS