Ability to pay and impoverishment among women who give birth at a University Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15540960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pragya Gartoulla (Purbanchal University, corresponding author), Tippawan Liabsuetrakul (0000-0001-7687-5629, Prince of Songkla University), Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong (0000-0002-9850-4463, Prince of Songkla University), Edward Braddon Mcneil (0000-0002-9492-1040, Prince of Songkla University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1145-1156 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17441692.2012.733719 |
| PMID | 23083138 |
| OpenAlex | W1968553315 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
Pregnant women giving birth in Nepal need to use out-of-pocket payment for delivery care services due to a lack of insurance policies. The objective of this study was to examine the ability of pregnant Nepalese women to pay for delivery care services and the effects of the current household health expenditure on impoverishment due to hospital-based delivery services, especially normal delivery (ND) and caesarean section (CS). A cross-sectional study was conducted from May to August 2009 at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. Ability to pay was defined as the current health spending being less than 5% of annual household income. Poverty occurred when a household's per capita income fell to less than US$1 per day. Impoverishment was considered as poverty headcount and normalised poverty gap. On average, the percentage of annual household income spent on current delivery care was 5.9% in the ND group and 9.7% in the CS group. The CS group had a stronger impoverishment effect resulting in a high per cent change of payment-induced poverty headcount by 78.1% and poverty gap by 97.3% compared to 7.7 and 24.1% in the ND group, respectively. There is a strong need to develop a well-prepared financial system to prevent the issue of poverty and impoverishment
Business · Caesarean section · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Health care · Household income · Payment · Per capita · Per capita income · Population · Poverty · Poverty level · Pregnancy · Socioeconomics · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |