Inequalities and Impacts on Poverty Incidence of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Health Out-of-Pocket Expenditures in the Philippines, 2012–2018

• Main Author: Haw, Nel Jason
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Subjects: Alcohol; Health equity; Out-of-pocket health expenditure; Tobacco; Medicine and Health Sciences; Public Health
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/hs-faculty-pubs/42; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/hs-faculty-pubs/article/1041/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S2590291123002000_main.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The Philippines increased taxes for tobacco and alcohol products and expanded population coverage under the national social health insurance scheme from 2012 to 2018. This paper examines inequalities in tobacco, alcohol, and health out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures in the Philippines using the Family...