Assessing the catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in Iran in 2012 and 2015 (before and after the implementation of HTP in Iran)

Results: About 10.476 and 3.122 % of total households suffered from catastrophic health expenditures, when the threshold is 10 % of the total household expenditure in 2012 and 2015, respectively. At the threshold of 40 % of capacity to pay, 1.249 (2012) and 0.283 % (2015) of the total household incurred catastrophic health expenditures. As it is clear, the CHE index decreased dramatically after the implementation of HTP. About 611 and 5895 households were forced into poverty due to paying for health care in 2012 and 2015, respectively. Therefore, impoverishment increased after HTP in Iran, significantly.

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