The Lived Realities of Health Financing: A Qualitative Exploration of Catastrophic Health Expenditure in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Lasco, Gideon, Yu, Vincen Gregory, David, Clarissa C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: healthcare financing; health policy; health expenditure; health insurance; Philippines; Health Policy; Insurance
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/203; https://actamedicaphilippina.upm.edu.ph/index.php/acta/article/view/2389
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Objectives. Within the last two decades, studies worldwide have documented catastrophic health spending and out-of-pocket expenditure in low- and middle-income countries like the Philippines. This study sought to unpack patients and their families' lived experiences in dealing with such financi...