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Keith Y.K. Tin
Researcher at University of Hong Kong
Publications - 22
Citations - 2626
Keith Y.K. Tin is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Ambulatory care. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 22 publications receiving 2439 citations. Previous affiliations of Keith Y.K. Tin include Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
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Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data.
Eddy van Doorslaer,Owen O'Donnell,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Charu C. Garg,Deni Harbianto,Alejandro N. Herrin,Mohammed N. Huq,Shamsia Ibragimova,Anup Karan,Chiu Wan Ng,Badri Raj Pande,Rachel H. Racelis,Sihai Tao,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Chitpranee Vasavid,Yuxin Zhao +19 more
TL;DR: The overall prevalence of absolute poverty in these countries was 14% higher than conventional estimates that do not take account of out-of-pocket payments for health care, and policies to reduce the number of Asians living on less than 1 dollar per day need to include measures to reduce such payments.
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Catastrophic payments for health care in Asia
Eddy van Doorslaer,Owen O'Donnell,R.P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Charu C. Garg,Deni Harbianto,Alejandro N. Herrin,Mohammed N. Huq,Shamsia Ibragimova,Anup Karan,Tae-jin Lee,Gabriel M. Leung,Jui-fen Rachel Lu,Chiu Wan Ng,Badri Raj Pande,Rachel H. Racelis,Sihai Tao,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Chitpranee Vasavid,Yuxin Zhao +22 more
TL;DR: This work estimates the magnitude and distribution of OOP payments for health care in fourteen countries and territories accounting for 81% of the Asian population and focuses on payments that are catastrophic, in the sense of severely disrupting household living standards, and approximate such payments by those absorbing a large fraction of household resources.
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Who pays for health care in Asia
Owen O'Donnell,Eddy van Doorslaer,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Baktygul Akkazieva,Deni Harbianto,Charu C. Garg,Piya Hanvoravongchai,Alejandro N. Herrin,Mohammed N. Huq,Shamsia Ibragimova,Anup Karan,Soonman Kwon,Gabriel M. Leung,Jui-fen Rachel Lu,Yasushi Ohkusa,Badri Raj Pande,Rachel H. Racelis,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Quan Wan,Bong-Min Yang,Yuxin Zhao +24 more
TL;DR: This work estimates the distributional incidence of health care financing in 13 Asian territories that account for 55% of the Asian population and finds that in most low-/middle-income countries, the better-off not only pay more, they also get more health care.
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The incidence of public spending on healthcare : comparative evidence from Asia
Owen O'Donnell,Eddy van Doorslaer,Ravi P. Rannan-Eliya,Aparnaa Somanathan,Shiva Raj Adhikari,Deni Harbianto,Charu C. Garg,Piya Hanvoravongchai,Mohammed N. Huq,Anup Karan,Gabriel M. Leung,Chiu Wan Ng,Badri Raj Pande,Keith Y.K. Tin,Kanjana Tisayaticom,Laksono Trisnantoro,Yuhui Zhang,Yuxin Zhao +17 more
TL;DR: The experiences of Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand suggest that increasing the incidence of propoor healthcare requires limiting the use of user fees, or protecting the poor effectively from them, and building a wide network of health facilities.
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Horizontal equity in health care utilization evidence from three high-income Asian economies
Jui-fen Rachel Lu,Gabriel M. Leung,Soonman Kwon,Keith Y.K. Tin,Eddy van Doorslaer,Owen O'Donnell +5 more
TL;DR: This paper compares the extent to which the principle of "equal treatment for equal need"(ETEN) is maintained in the health care delivery systems of Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan and shows intermediate results in that the rich are marginally more likely to use outpatient services, but quantities of western doctor and dental visits are evenly distributed.