Assessing catastrophic health expenditure and impoverishment in adult asthma care: a cross-sectional study of patients attending six public health clinics in Klang District, Malaysia

Abstract Background In Malaysia, asthma is a common chronic respiratory illness. Poor asthma control may increase out-of-pocket payment for asthma care, leading to financial hardships Malaysia provides Universal Health Coverage for the population with low user fees in the public health system to red...

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Published in:	BMC Health Services Research
Main Authors:	Norita Hussein, Chiu Wan Ng, Rizawati Ramli, Su May Liew, Nik Sherina Hanafi, Ping Yein Lee, Ai Theng Cheong, Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Hilary Pinnock, Andrew Stoddart, Jürgen Schwarze, Ee Ming Khoo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-03-01
Subjects:	Asthma Catastrophic expenditure Impoverishment Financial risk protection
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10731-8