ABSTRACT Bangladesh’s health finance characterizes by 63.3% out-of-pocket payments and a lack of prepayment mechanism. We assume this heavy burden significantly contributes to poverty. The results indicate, 3.2% of households are not counted as the poor, but in reality, they are. This shows an 8.8% underestimation of poverty. The poverty gap increases from Bangladesh Taka 1,458 to Taka 1,817. Similarly, the mean positive poverty gap rises from 22.2% to 25.2%, indicating that the increase in poverty is not only due to more households being brought into poverty but also deepening of the poverty among those who were already poor.

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家庭医疗保健支出有多少促成贫困？来自2010年孟加拉国家庭收支调查的证据

摘要孟加拉国的卫生资金的特点是自付费用占63.3％，并且缺乏预付款机制。我们认为，沉重的负担大大加剧了贫困。结果表明，有3.2％的家庭没有算作贫困者，但实际上是贫困者。这表明贫困被低估了8.8％。贫困差距从孟加拉塔卡1,458增加到塔卡1,817。同样，平均正贫困差距从22.2％增加到25.2％，这表明贫困的增加不仅是由于更多的家庭陷入贫困，而且还因为已经贫困的家庭中的贫困加剧了。