Financial burden of noncommunicable diseases on households in Bangladesh: a quasi-experimental analysis using national survey data

Taslima Rahman; Dominic Gasbarro; Khurshid Alam

doi:10.1186/s13561-026-00740-0

Financial burden of noncommunicable diseases on households in Bangladesh: a quasi-experimental analysis using national survey data

Health Econ Rev. 2026 Feb 14. doi: 10.1186/s13561-026-00740-0. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Taslima Rahman^{1

2}, Dominic Gasbarro³, Khurshid Alam³

Affiliations

¹ Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia. T.Rahman@murdoch.edu.au.
² Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh. T.Rahman@murdoch.edu.au.
³ Murdoch Business School, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, 6150, Australia.

PMID: 41689697
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-026-00740-0

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Keywords: Bangladesh; Catastrophic health expenditure; Financial risk protection; Impoverishment; Low- and middle-income country; Non communicable diseases; Out-of-pocket payments.