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“According to a World Report in this issue, more than 60 million people in India were forced below the poverty line by health-care costs in 2011.” quote by The Lancet — Download Open image

““According to a World Report in this issue, more than 60 million people in India were forced below the poverty line by health-care costs in 2011.””

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“Health,1 emphasised this idea of health as an investment rather than an expenditure. The 2001 report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health2 took…

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“early cross-country studies generally reported weak evidence of a health spending effect on mortality indicators, whereas socioeconomic factors—especially income—often proved to be highly associated…

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“Regardless of the euphemism chosen to describe shared payments, they are in reality a locked gate that prevents access to health care for many…

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“Every year some 150 million people face severe financial hardship and 100 million are pushed below the poverty line because they fall ill, use…

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“The conclusions support WHO Director-General Margaret Chan’s assertion (see Profile) that “universal coverage is the single most powerful concept that public health has to…

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“The paradox of health care is that it is one of the most powerful ways of fighting poverty, yet can itself become an impoverishing…

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“When health-care costs represent more than 10% of a household’s total consumption they are called catastrophic payments. For more than 5·1% of Indian households…

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