Economic impacts of chronic conditions in a country with high levels of population health coverage: lessons from Mongolia

Otgontuya Dugee · Bolormaa Sugar · Dorjsuren Bayarsaikhan · Ajay Singh Mahal

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OBJECTIVE: To analyse the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on household out-of-pocket (OOP) expenses, catastrophic health payments and medical impoverishment in Mongolia, a middle-income country with a high population health insurance coverage rate. METHODS: Secondary data analysis of the Mongolian Household Socioeconomic Survey with 12 840 households, including information on standard of living, OOP spending, and health conditions of household members. Measures of catastrophic spending and medical impoverishment were constructed for Mongolia. The association of medical impoverishment and catastrophic spending with a range of socioeconomic and demographic covariates and health conditions was assessed using multiple regression models. RESULTS: OOP health spending contributed to an 8% increase in the incidence of poverty in Mongolia. The impoverishment associated with medical expenses is concentrated in the poorer quintiles, indicating some deepening of poverty among the already poor. Households with a member affected by NCDs and with multiple morbidities were more likely to experience catastrophic spending and medical impoverishment than those with infectious diseases. The main drivers of the financial distress were expenditures incurred for outpatient services, including for diagnostics and drugs. CONCLUSION: Despite high rates of population health insurance coverage, health expenditures have substantial impoverishing effects in Mongolia, with the impacts being greater among households containing individuals with chronic conditions. Addressing the goal of universal health coverage (UHC) in Mongolia needs attention to the depth of coverage, especially for expenditures on outpatient care and medicines, and targeting the poor effectively.

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