Action to address the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

Jan, S; Laba, T-L; Essue, BM; Gheorghe, A; Muhunthan, J; Engelgau, M; Mahal, A; Griffiths, U; McIntyre, D; Meng, Q; Nugent, R; Atun, R

Action to address the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

Jan, S Laba, T-L Essue, BM Gheorghe, A Muhunthan, J Engelgau, M Mahal, A Griffiths, U McIntyre, D Meng, Q Nugent, R Atun, R

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Citation:: Lancet, 2018, 391, (10134), pp. 2047-2058
Issue Date:: 2018-05-19

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dc.contributor.author	Jan, S
dc.contributor.author	Laba, T-L
dc.contributor.author	Essue, BM
dc.contributor.author	Gheorghe, A
dc.contributor.author	Muhunthan, J
dc.contributor.author	Engelgau, M
dc.contributor.author	Mahal, A
dc.contributor.author	Griffiths, U
dc.contributor.author	McIntyre, D
dc.contributor.author	Meng, Q
dc.contributor.author	Nugent, R
dc.contributor.author	Atun, R
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-11T22:03:03Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-19
dc.date.available	2022-09-11T22:03:03Z
dc.date.issued	2018-05-19
dc.identifier.citation	Lancet, 2018, 391, (10134), pp. 2047-2058
dc.identifier.issn	0140-6736
dc.identifier.issn	1474-547X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161705
dc.description.abstract	The economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, poses major challenges to global poverty alleviation efforts. For patients with NCDs, being uninsured is associated with 2-7-fold higher odds of catastrophic levels of out-of-pocket costs; however, the protection offered by health insurance is often incomplete. To enable coverage of the predictable and long-term costs of treatment, national programmes to extend financial protection should be based on schemes that entail compulsory enrolment or be financed through taxation. Priority should be given to eliminating financial barriers to the uptake of and adherence to interventions that are cost-effective and are designed to help the poor. In concert with programmes to strengthen national health systems and governance arrangements, comprehensive financial protection against the growing burden of NCDs is crucial in meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Lancet
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dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.classification	General & Internal Medicine
dc.subject.mesh	Family Characteristics
dc.subject.mesh	Financing, Personal
dc.subject.mesh	Health Expenditures
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Insurance, Health
dc.subject.mesh	Medically Uninsured
dc.subject.mesh	National Health Programs
dc.subject.mesh	Noncommunicable Diseases
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Family Characteristics
dc.subject.mesh	Medically Uninsured
dc.subject.mesh	Health Expenditures
dc.subject.mesh	Insurance, Health
dc.subject.mesh	Financing, Personal
dc.subject.mesh	National Health Programs
dc.subject.mesh	Noncommunicable Diseases
dc.title	Action to address the household economic burden of non-communicable diseases.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	391
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHERE - Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation
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dc.date.updated	2022-09-11T22:03:01Z
pubs.issue	10134
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	391
utslib.citation.issue	10134

Abstract:

The economic burden on households of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes, poses major challenges to global poverty alleviation efforts. For patients with NCDs, being uninsured is associated with 2-7-fold higher odds of catastrophic levels of out-of-pocket costs; however, the protection offered by health insurance is often incomplete. To enable coverage of the predictable and long-term costs of treatment, national programmes to extend financial protection should be based on schemes that entail compulsory enrolment or be financed through taxation. Priority should be given to eliminating financial barriers to the uptake of and adherence to interventions that are cost-effective and are designed to help the poor. In concert with programmes to strengthen national health systems and governance arrangements, comprehensive financial protection against the growing burden of NCDs is crucial in meeting the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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