Financial Risks From Ill Health in Myanmar: Evidence and Policy Implications

Soe Htet; Victoria Fan; Khurshid Alam; Ajay Mahal

doi:10.1177/1010539514558332

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Financial Risks From Ill Health in Myanmar: Evidence and Policy Implications

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Financial Risks From Ill Health in Myanmar: Evidence and Policy Implications

Soe Htet, Victoria Fan, Khurshid Alam and Ajay Mahal

Asia-Pacific journal of public health, Vol.27(4), pp.418-428

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1010539514558332

PMCID: PMC5663448

PMID: 25424245

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Abstract

equity

financial risk protection

health financing

health systems

Myanmar

The government of Myanmar, with support from international donors, plans to address household financial risks from ill health and expand coverage. But evidence to design policy is limited. WHS (World Health Survey) data for 6045 households were used to investigate the association of out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending, catastrophic expenditures, and household borrowing and asset sales associated with illness with key socioeconomic and demographic correlates in Myanmar. Households with elderly and young children and chronically ill individuals, poor households, and ethnic minorities face higher financial stress from illness. Rural households use less care, suggesting their lower OOP health spending may be at the cost of health. Poorer groups rely more on public sector health services than richer groups. Better targeting, increased budgetary allocations, and more effective use of resources via designing cost-effective benefits packages appear key to sustainably addressing financial risks from ill health in Myanmar.

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Title: Financial Risks From Ill Health in Myanmar: Evidence and Policy Implications
Authors/Creators: Soe Htet - Monash University
Victoria Fan - Center for Global Development
Khurshid Alam - Monash University
Ajay Mahal - Monash University
Publication Details: Asia-Pacific journal of public health, Vol.27(4), pp.418-428
Publisher: Sage
Number of pages: 11
Grant note: Australian Postgraduate Award of the Australian government Australian Leadership Awards of the Australian government Monash University U54MD007584 / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Identifiers: 991005591579907891
Murdoch Affiliation: Centre for Healthy Ageing
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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Collaboration types: Domestic collaboration; International collaboration
Citation topics: 1 Clinical & Life Sciences; 1.156 Healthcare Policy; 1.156.381 Maternal Health Equity
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