The Impact of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Families and Barriers to Use of Maternal and Child Health Services in Papua New Guinea
December, 2012
This country brief presents findings from analysis of the Papua New Guinea Household Survey 1996 and Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2009–2010, depicting how healthcare utilization has changed over a 13-year period.
Abstract
The past three decades have seen little improvement in health indicators in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The country is not on track to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals. Overall maternal and child health indicators are among the worst in the Asia-Pacific region, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic is one of the most serious.
Content
- Background
- Data Sources
- Perception of Illness and Treatment Seeking
- Utilization of Health Services
- Costs of Healthcare Providers
- Out-of-Pocket Spending on Healthcare
- Financial Impacts of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures
- Conclusions
- References
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