Financial protection analysis in eight countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region.

Conclusion: A substantial number of people in South-East Asia experienced financial hardship due to out-of-pocket spending on health. Several countries have introduced policies to make medicines more available, but the finding that out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines remains high indicates that further action is needed to support progress towards universal health coverage. PMID: 30262942 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30262942?dopt=Abstract

Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - September 1, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wang H, Torres LV, Travis P Tags: Bull World Health Organ Source Type: research