TY - JOUR AU - Habib, Shifa Salman AU - Perveen, Shagufta AU - Khuwaja, Hussain Maqbool Ahmed PY - 2016 DA - 2016/03/22 TI - The role of micro health insurance in providing financial risk protection in developing countries- a systematic review JO - BMC Public Health SP - 281 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Out of pocket payments are the predominant method of financing healthcare in many developing countries, which can result in impoverishment and financial catastrophe for those affected. In 2010, WHO estimated that approximately 100 million people are pushed below the poverty line each year by payments for healthcare. Micro health insurance (MHI) has been used in some countries as means of risk pooling and reducing out of pocket health expenditure. A systematic review was conducted to assess the extent to which MHI has contributed to providing financial risk protection to low-income households in developing countries, and suggest how the findings can be applied in the Pakistani setting. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2937-9 DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-2937-9 ID - Habib2016 ER -