Medical Poverty Trap

Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(01)05975-X/fulltext

Rises in out-of-pocket costs for public and private health-care services are driving many families into poverty, and are increasing the poverty of those who are already poor. The magnitude of this situation—known as “the medical poverty trap”—has been …

Income, Poverty, and Health Inequality

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2677433

In 2014, medical outlays lowered the median income for the poorest decile of US individuals by 47.6% …

Health, Income, & Poverty: Where We Are & What Could …

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20180817.901935/

BUTTICÈ - AFRICA’S MEDICAL POVERTY …

https://www.theelephant.info/features/2018/10/04/africas-medical-poverty-trap-why-the-continent-is-getting-sicker-and-poorer/

The medical poverty trap is particularly persistent in sub-Saharan countries such as Uganda, …

Barriers to Health and the Poverty Trap | NBER

https://www.nber.org/papers/w19263

The results show that, although low among all countries in this study, the U.S. economy still faced a health-related institutional barrier of 15%. The trapped economies all suffered …

Poverty Trap: Definition, Causes, and Proposed …

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Poverty Trap: The poverty trap is a mechanism which makes it very difficult for people to escape poverty. A poverty trap is created when an economic system …

Pathway of medical poverty trap. | Open-i

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The poverty trap is defined as the self-reinforcing mechanism which causes poverty to persist.35 Many factors can lead to the poverty trap, such as limited access to credit and …

Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11564510/

Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income countries escape the medical poverty trap? Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income countries …

What is a Poverty Trap? - Study.com

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The causes of poverty traps include: poor work and education opportunities, lack of industry, high levels of crime and violence, and significant environmental, …

Poverty Trap: Definition, Diagram & Causes | StudySmarter

https://www.studysmarter.us/explanations/microeconomics/poverty-and-inequality/poverty-trap/

Poverty is the state of not having the financial resources available to afford basic expenses such as food, housing, and clothing. There are four main poverty traps: conflict, natural …