Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure rises to 73pc: study

Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure rises to 73pc: study

The out-of pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure in the country rose to 73 percent in 2021 while it was 68.5 percent in 2020, according to the Bangladesh National Health account.
"Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure is one of the most noteworthy payment strategies for healthcare in Bangladesh and the share of OOP expenditure has been increasingly alarmingly," Dr Abdur Razzaque Sarker, research fellow of BIDS, told a programme here today.
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized the programme titled "Catastrophic Health Shock and improvement in Bangladesh: Insights HIES-2022.