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KMID : 1170320180240020025
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Korean Journal of Health Economics and Policy
2018 Volume.24 No. 2 p.25 ~ p.57
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The Effect of Catastrophic Health Expenditure on the Transition to Poverty: the Mediating Effect of Financial Coping
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Woo Kyung-Sook
Park Chan-Mi
Shin Young-Jeon
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Abstract
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This study aimed to examine the direct effects of catastrophic health expenditure on the transition to poverty of households in South Korea, to verify the mediating effects of financial coping in the causal process. This study involved 3,321 households who participated in the 7th?8th KWPS and were surveyedas non-poor households in the 7th. To examine catastrophic health expenditure in these households, changes in financial coping, and the association with transition to poverty, a three-step logistic regression were performed. The results showed that the households facing catastrophic health expenditure had a significantly higher risk of facing poverty than the households without catastrophic health expenditure, and the households facing catastrophic health expenditure showed a significant increase in private transfer income and private insurance benefits whereas they showed a significant decrease in assets. Between households’ financial coping and transition to poverty, increased private transfer income, increased savings, and increased non-healthcare service spending were negatively(?) associated with the transition to poverty of households. In addition, only private transfer income had a mediating effect in the process of catastrophic health expenditure affecting the transition to poverty of households.
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KEYWORD
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Catastrophic health expenditure, financial coping, poverty, mediating effect
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