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Financial Risk Protection For Neurosurgical Care In Indonesia And The Philippines: A Primer On Health Financing For The Global Neurosurgeon, Kevin Paul Ferraris, Maria Eufemia C. Yap, Maria Cristina G. Bautista, Dewa Putu Wisnu Wardhana, Sri Maliawan, I Made Ady Wirawan, Rohadi Muhammad Rosyidi, Kenny Seng, Joseph Erroll Navarro

Graduate School of Business Publications

Which conditions treated by neurosurgeons cause the worst economic hardship in low middle-income in countries? How can public health financing be responsive to the inequities in the delivery of neurosurgical care? This review article frames the objectives of equity; quality; and efficiency in health financing to the goals of global neurosurgery. In order to glean provider perspectives on the affordability of neurosurgical care in low-resource settings; we did a survey of neurosurgeons from Indonesia and the Philippines and identified that the care of socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with malignant intracranial tumors were found to incur the highest out-of-pocket expenses. Additionally; the …