1. Effect of the Crisis Assistance Program on poverty transition for seriously ill people in South Korea: A quasi-experimental study
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Won Oh Joung and Chang-O Kim
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Adult ,Male ,Financing, Personal ,Social Work ,Catastrophic illness ,Economic growth ,Health (social science) ,History and Philosophy of Science ,Republic of Korea ,medicine ,Humans ,Catastrophic Illness ,Poverty ,Aged ,Extreme poverty ,Inpatient care ,business.industry ,Hazard ratio ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Health equity ,Confidence interval ,Social protection ,Female ,Health Expenditures ,business ,Follow-Up Studies ,Program Evaluation ,Demography - Abstract
The Crisis Assistance Program (CAP) is a newly developed social protection scheme in South Korea. It was implemented in 2006 in order to assist individuals experiencing a sudden or temporary financial emergency. CAP provides temporary assistance to cover the direct user fees associated with inpatient care up to three or six million KRW (US $2673-5346). In this study, we aimed to compare the poverty dynamics in recipients versus non-recipients and to determine whether there is an association between participation in CAP and poverty transition. For the purpose, we analyzed longitudinal data from 2009 to 2011 from 55,710 people who requested CAP during a serious illness at local governmental offices throughout South Korea. During the 1.6 years of follow-up, 8712 (15.6%) of those who requested CAP fell into absolute poverty. Results showed that there was a 16% reducing effect of CAP on poverty transition (hazard ratio [HR] 0.84, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.79-0.90, p
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- 2014
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