1 in 5 people in Western Pacific grapples with ‘catastrophic’ health cost: WHO ...Middle East

MANILA: One in five people, or an estimated 385 million, in the Western Pacific region have grappled with “catastrophic” health expenses, Xinhua quoted a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on Monday.The percentage of people in the Western Pacific who suffered catastrophic health expenses, defined as out-of-pocket spending on health that exceeds 10 per cent of the household budget, doubled between 2000 and 2017, said the WHO report.In 2000, the report said one in 10 people in the region incurred catastrophic health spending. By 2017, the number had increased to one in five in the Western Pacific facing “catastrophic spending” on healthcare.High out-of-pocket expenses can prev

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