[PDF] Top 20 The out of pocket payments in low and middle-income countries and the affecting factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

... Fifteen out of 17 studies gave appropriate information to calculate OOP payment as a percentage of GDP and household final consumption expenditure at the household ...carry out a meta-analysis ... See full document

... According to our findings, around half of individuals who engaged in suicidal behaviour had a psychiatric disorder in LMIC compared with most in HIC [3,6]. There was, however, a high degree of heterogeneity between ... See full document

... studies. Likewise, a search for gray literature will be con- ducted using Google Scholar and through browsing Hinari (http://www.who.int/hinari/en/), Carolina digital reposi- tory (https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/), and ... See full document

... or Middle East or Moldova or Moldovia or Moldovian or Mongolia or Montenegro or Morocco or Ifni or Mozambique or Myanmar or Myanma or Burma or Namibia or Nepal or Netherlands Antilles or ... See full document

... many countries this disparity has increased over time ...this review adds support that timely entry into the TB care pathway may be more difficult for men than women in many ... See full document

... effects meta-analyses were performed with all intervention types together along with subgroup meta- analyses for each intervention type ...separately. Meta- analyses were also performed separately ... See full document

... no meta-analysis was ...our review, all studies were carried out in HICs (Europe and North ...their review that is also similar to our ...A review by Zhang [73] had similar ... See full document

... However, the review has limitations. First, there are high levels of unexplained heterogeneity. Second, in many countries, postpartum care is not clearly defined in national guidelines and standards [9]. ... See full document

... in countries that have low- and middle- incomes relies mainly on out- of- pocket payments and a relative lack of prepayment mechanisms such as tax or health ...(3). Out- ... See full document

... our review on a comprehensive description of reported cord-care practices with the intention of employing the knowledge to develop behavior-change strategies to support introduction of novel cord-care regimens, ... See full document

... This systematic review and meta- analysis identified and evaluated randomized controlled studies of interventions that were conducted to encourage stimulation between caregivers and children ... See full document

... carried out a systematic review of factors affecting adoption of IS and clean fuels which identified a number of factors relevant to adoption, but the review included only ... See full document

... of analysis and 38 country assessments were based on data between 5 and 10 years ...the factors that influence MHS utilisation may be different amongst adolescents across ...and analysis is the case, ... See full document

... The meta-analysis included studies of dietary patterns and asthma prevalence in adults meeting the following criteria: primary outcomes included prevalence of current or ever asthma, which was most commonly ... See full document

... Thrombophilia is a major medical problem, and annually affects 0.1% of the population. The most common clinical manifestations are pulmonary embolism and venous thrombosis. Two single variants in the genes for ... See full document

... To complement the searches of key international data- bases, we also used non-English-language search terms to examine 12 regional databases (see Table 1). The regional databases were identified by foreign language team ... See full document

... Conclusion: Meta-analysis on bevacizumab (4 out 8 Phase III trials) indicated that neither OS nor PFS was significantly different between the groups treated with bevacizumab or placebo with or ... See full document

... Our study has a few limitations. First, only studies that were published in the English language since 1980 were included, therefore we could have excluded articles that were pertinent to our review. Second, many ... See full document

... One team (SM and SN) carried out the review of the English language papers, and a separate team (AVC and FS) reviewed the Spanish and Portuguese literature. One re- view author from each team performed the ... See full document

... the review is the paucity of existing relevant scientific reports: although the NMCR approach has been used in many countries, there has been relatively few formal studies exploring facilitators and ... See full document