ArticlePloS one2018
Mexico's household health expenditure on diabetes and hypertension: What is the additional financial burden?
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- Incremental Risk of Developing Severe COVID-19 Among Mexican Patients With Diabetes Attributed to Social and Health Care Access Disadvantages.Diabetes care · 2021Article
- Non-communicable diseases and inequalities increase risk of death among COVID-19 patients in Mexico.PloS one · 2020Article
- Challenges to diabetes self-management for adults with type 2 diabetes in low-resource settings in Mexico City: a qualitative descriptive study.International journal for equity in health · 2019Article
- Sex disparities in the epidemic of type 2 diabetes in Mexico: national and state level results based on the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1990-2017.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2019Article
- [Special excise tax on food and beverages and its impact on inflation in Mexico in terms of dynamics, persistence, and change of regimeImposto especial para alimentos e bebidas e seu impacto na inflação no México: dinâmica, persistência e mudança de regime].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to estimate the magnitude of the association between overall household health expenditures & the presence of members with a chronic disease in the household. RESEARCH DESIGN &
methodsThis was a cross-sectional analysis of a probabilistic household survey, which gathered data on previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension as well as health expenditure in Mexico. From an analytic sample of 44,000 households, we identified those having at least one member with diabetes or hypertension and determined their health expenditure. Using matching procedures, we compared these data with those of households lacking such individuals.
resultsWe found that 24% of the households had at least one member who had been diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, or both. Households with such members reported health expenditures that were 25%-34% (P <0.01) higher than households without such individuals. Such differences were more pronounced among households at lower socioeconomic levels and among those with no or limited health insurance.
conclusionsIn addition to their impact on individual health, chronic ailments exert financial pressure on households. The additional health-care expenditure for households owing to such diseases leaves them financially exposed-especially households with lower income levels.
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