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This book analytes the patterns of and factors associated with health seeking behavior and out-of-pocket (OOP) spending on chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) in rural Malawi. This study found that, in spite of a context where care for CNCDs should be free, the utilization rates of CNCD care are still low and OOP payments is rather high.

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This book analyzes the patterns of and factors associated with health seeking behavior and out-of-pocket (OOP) spending on chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) in rural Malawi. The author used descriptive statistics to describe treatment options and related household OOP expenditure on CNCDs and econometrics models to analyze factors influencing health seeking behavior and OOP expenditure on CNCDs. This study found that in spite of a context where care for CNCDs should in principle be free of charge at the point of use, the utilization rates of CNCD care are still low and OOP payments impose a considerable financial burden on rural households, especially among the poorest.

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Chronic non-communicable diseases - Health seeking behavior - Out-of-pocket expenditure - Malawi.

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Qun Wang received her doctoral degree in humanities from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. She is a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, China.

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