IRANIAN HOUSEHOLDS’ PAYMENTS ON FOOD AND HEALTH OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES: EVIDENCE OF INEQUALITY

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GHIASVAND HESAM; NAGHDI SEYRAN; ABOLHASSANI NAZANIN; SHAARBAFCHIZADEH NASRIN; MOGHRI JAVAD

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Public Health Year:2015 | Volume:44 | Issue:8 Page(s): 1103-1113

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IRANIAN HOUSEHOLDS’ PAYMENTS ON FOOD AND HEALTH OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES: EVIDENCE OF INEQUALITY

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FOOD EXPENDITURE

OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH EXPENDITURE

INEQUALITY

GINI COEFFICIENT

CONCENTRATION INDEX

KAKWANI INDEX

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Background: INEQUALITY in households’ payments on food and health expenditures presents the accessibility and utilization patterns between them. This study investigated the Iranian rural and urban households’ INEQUALITY in payments on food and OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH EXPENDITUREs from 1998 to 2012.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted through the analysis of Iranian Statistics Centre data on Iranian households’ income and expenditures. The GINI COEFFICIENTs, Concentration and Kakwani indices have been calculated for Iranian rural and urban households’ Out-of-Pocket health and FOOD EXPENDITUREs.Results: The means of Iranian rural and urban total consumption expenditures INEQUALITY were 0.48 and 0.48, respectively. The means of CONCENTRATION INDEX of FOOD EXPENDITUREs for rural and urban regions were 0.35 and 0.34, respectively. The means of Out-of-Pocket payments for health services for rural and urban regions were 0.51 and 0.5, respectively. Finally the means of KAKWANI INDEX of Out-of-Pocket health payments in rural and urban households were -0.005 and -0.018, respectively.Conclusion: There are relative high levels of INEQUALITY in Iranian households’ payments on food and OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH EXPENDITUREs.

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GHIASVAND, HESAM, NAGHDI, SEYRAN, ABOLHASSANI, NAZANIN, SHAARBAFCHIZADEH, NASRIN, & MOGHRI, JAVAD. (2015). IRANIAN HOUSEHOLDS’ PAYMENTS ON FOOD AND HEALTH OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES: EVIDENCE OF INEQUALITY. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 44(8), 1103-1113. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/273851/en

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GHIASVAND HESAM, NAGHDI SEYRAN, ABOLHASSANI NAZANIN, SHAARBAFCHIZADEH NASRIN, MOGHRI JAVAD. IRANIAN HOUSEHOLDS’ PAYMENTS ON FOOD AND HEALTH OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES: EVIDENCE OF INEQUALITY. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH[Internet]. 2015;44(8):1103-1113. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/273851/en

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HESAM GHIASVAND, SEYRAN NAGHDI, NAZANIN ABOLHASSANI, NASRIN SHAARBAFCHIZADEH, and JAVAD MOGHRI, “IRANIAN HOUSEHOLDS’ PAYMENTS ON FOOD AND HEALTH OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURES: EVIDENCE OF INEQUALITY,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1103–1113, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/273851/en

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