Open AccessOut-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending by the Poor and Chronically Ill in the Republic of Korea
Author(s) -
Jennifer Prah Ruger,
Hak-Ju Kim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.080184
Subject(s) - health care , medicine , environmental health , demography , gerontology , political science , law , sociology
We estimated out-of-pocket health care spending and out-of-pocket spending burden ratio employing household equivalent income in the Republic of Korea. We examined variations in out-of-pocket spending, estimated out-of-pocket spending burden ratio employing household equivalent income, and identified factors associated with out-of-pocket spending.