Household strategies to cope with the economic costs of illness

The gendered impact of Buruli ulcer on the household production of health and social support networks: Why decentralization favors women

“…It has been widely reported in studies of health care seeking in West Africa that enabling factors are as important as predisposing factors (such as perceived cause) in determining when and what kind of health care is sought [6, 27]. Our study corroborated this finding.…”

The gendered impact of Buruli ulcer on the household production of health and social support networks: Why decentralization favors women

“…It has been widely reported in studies of health care seeking in West Africa that enabling factors are as important as predisposing factors (such as perceived cause) in determining when and what kind of health care is sought [6, 27]. Our study corroborated this finding.…”

Household Strategies for Coping with the Financial Costs of Health Care in Edo State, Nigeria

“…In general, borrowing, sale of produce and assets were the second most commonly-mentioned mechanisms employed to cope with the financial costs of health care. The findings of this study compare well with earlier studies, where sale of assets (such as livestock, furniture, and stored grains), use of savings and borrowing were found to be the main strategies employed to cope with the costs of health care (Taiwo and Owumi, 2014;Sauerborn, Adams and Hien, 1996;Onibukun, 2003;Swift, 1989;Adams, 1992;Adams, 1993;Reardon, Malton and Delgado, 1988). Besides, the finding of another similar study has showed that most households employ strategies such as consuming less of other basic necessities, sale of assets and borrowing to cope with expenditures .…”

Catastrophic payments for health care among households in urban Tamil Nadu, India

“…These findings indicate that in addition to imposing catastrophic burdens on households, private sector health care expenditure also makes households in all quintiles vulnerable to further shocks. The study findings are comparable with other studies on coping strategies, indicating that the most common strategies for coping with direct medical care costs are using savings (Sauerborn et al, 1996;Wilkes et al, 1997;Kabir et al, 2000) borrowing from money lenders or from friends or relatives (Abel-Smith and Rawal, 1992;Wilkes et al, 1997;Nahar and Costello, 1998;Mock et al, 2001;Peters et al, 2002) changing the consumption pattern, sale of assets (Mock et al, 2001), sale of livestock (Sauerborn et al, 1996), ornaments (Mutyambizi, 2002), contributions and gifts from known persons (Sauerborn et al, 1996). The study undertaken using the NSSO survey data for the period 1995-1996 in India revealed that about one-third of the cost of inpatient care was financed by coping strategies and attempted to understand the short-term and long-term consequences of health care costs.…”

The gendered impact of Buruli ulcer on the household production of health and social support networks: Why decentralization favors women

“…It has been widely reported in studies of health care seeking in West Africa that enabling factors are as important as predisposing factors (such as perceived cause) in determining when and what kind of health care is sought [6, 27]. Our study corroborated this finding.…”

Household Strategies for Coping with the Financial Costs of Health Care in Edo State, Nigeria

“…In general, borrowing, sale of produce and assets were the second most commonly-mentioned mechanisms employed to cope with the financial costs of health care. The findings of this study compare well with earlier studies, where sale of assets (such as livestock, furniture, and stored grains), use of savings and borrowing were found to be the main strategies employed to cope with the costs of health care (Taiwo and Owumi, 2014;Sauerborn, Adams and Hien, 1996;Onibukun, 2003;Swift, 1989;Adams, 1992;Adams, 1993;Reardon, Malton and Delgado, 1988). Besides, the finding of another similar study has showed that most households employ strategies such as consuming less of other basic necessities, sale of assets and borrowing to cope with expenditures .…”

Catastrophic payments for health care among households in urban Tamil Nadu, India

“…These findings indicate that in addition to imposing catastrophic burdens on households, private sector health care expenditure also makes households in all quintiles vulnerable to further shocks. The study findings are comparable with other studies on coping strategies, indicating that the most common strategies for coping with direct medical care costs are using savings (Sauerborn et al, 1996;Wilkes et al, 1997;Kabir et al, 2000) borrowing from money lenders or from friends or relatives (Abel-Smith and Rawal, 1992;Wilkes et al, 1997;Nahar and Costello, 1998;Mock et al, 2001;Peters et al, 2002) changing the consumption pattern, sale of assets (Mock et al, 2001), sale of livestock (Sauerborn et al, 1996), ornaments (Mutyambizi, 2002), contributions and gifts from known persons (Sauerborn et al, 1996). The study undertaken using the NSSO survey data for the period 1995-1996 in India revealed that about one-third of the cost of inpatient care was financed by coping strategies and attempted to understand the short-term and long-term consequences of health care costs.…”

The gendered impact of Buruli ulcer on the household production of health and social support networks: Why decentralization favors women

“…It has been widely reported in studies of health care seeking in West Africa that enabling factors are as important as predisposing factors (such as perceived cause) in determining when and what kind of health care is sought [6, 27]. Our study corroborated this finding.…”

Household Strategies for Coping with the Financial Costs of Health Care in Edo State, Nigeria

“…In general, borrowing, sale of produce and assets were the second most commonly-mentioned mechanisms employed to cope with the financial costs of health care. The findings of this study compare well with earlier studies, where sale of assets (such as livestock, furniture, and stored grains), use of savings and borrowing were found to be the main strategies employed to cope with the costs of health care (Taiwo and Owumi, 2014;Sauerborn, Adams and Hien, 1996;Onibukun, 2003;Swift, 1989;Adams, 1992;Adams, 1993;Reardon, Malton and Delgado, 1988). Besides, the finding of another similar study has showed that most households employ strategies such as consuming less of other basic necessities, sale of assets and borrowing to cope with expenditures .…”

Catastrophic payments for health care among households in urban Tamil Nadu, India

“…These findings indicate that in addition to imposing catastrophic burdens on households, private sector health care expenditure also makes households in all quintiles vulnerable to further shocks. The study findings are comparable with other studies on coping strategies, indicating that the most common strategies for coping with direct medical care costs are using savings (Sauerborn et al, 1996;Wilkes et al, 1997;Kabir et al, 2000) borrowing from money lenders or from friends or relatives (Abel-Smith and Rawal, 1992;Wilkes et al, 1997;Nahar and Costello, 1998;Mock et al, 2001;Peters et al, 2002) changing the consumption pattern, sale of assets (Mock et al, 2001), sale of livestock (Sauerborn et al, 1996), ornaments (Mutyambizi, 2002), contributions and gifts from known persons (Sauerborn et al, 1996). The study undertaken using the NSSO survey data for the period 1995-1996 in India revealed that about one-third of the cost of inpatient care was financed by coping strategies and attempted to understand the short-term and long-term consequences of health care costs.…”