Provincial Comparative Analysis of Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Pakistan

Abstract

This paper looks at how much money Pakistani families spend on health issues. Using data from PSLM for the years 2018–19. It investigates the components and variables that influence how much money families spend on different health diseases. The estimation results show that the cost of a family's catastrophic expenditure varies depending on a number of factors, including the nature of diseases, people living in different provinces, the location either urban or rural. Such factors drives an increase or decrease in household health spending. However, policy recommendations for health expenditure are influenced positively by ends in light of all factors. In addition, any revelation may infer a wide range of health implications in Pakistan. Each of these factors play a specific role that how the government decides how much money to spend in health sector. Regression analysis and the ordinary least squares (OLS) method were used to carry out the regression. When a model's dependent variable is quantitative, then this method and technique are applied in specified situation. The policy and a solution to all the problems that can be explained by the variables and household health spending will be achieved through estimates and outcomes.

Keywords: Health Expenditure, PSLM, Region, Province, Age of Household, OLS, Regression.