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 2022
• Subjects: healthcare financing; health policy; health expenditure; health insurance; Philippines; Health and Medical Administration; Health Services Administration; Health Services Research; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/113; https://doi.org/10.47895/amp.vi0.2389
• 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...