Sentence examples for catastrophic burden from inspiring English sources

LOS ANGELES ANGELS The heavily backloaded Albert Pujols contract, with salaries that escalate each season through age 41, could be a catastrophic burden for the Angels.

The reliance on out-of-pocket payments for health services leads to a catastrophic burden for many households in Bangladesh.

Reliance on out-of-pocket payment for health services likely leads to a catastrophic burden for many households in Bangladesh and other Asian countries [1, 2].

Therefore, ongoing maternity benefit scheme in India in general and Uttar Pradesh in particular need to consider the levels of OOPE on maternity care and demand-side and supply-side factors determining it for a more effective policy to reduce the catastrophic burden on households and help women to achieve better maternity health outcomes in poor regional settings like Uttar Pradesh in India.

Additionally, 1 in 10 low-income families in the survey experienced a "catastrophic" financial burden (defined as 40% of their annual post-subsistence income), which was nine times more frequent for low-income than middle- and high-income families.

45% perceived a significant or catastrophic financial burden with OOPE.

Studies from a wide range of settings have identified OOP expenditure as a risk factor of catastrophic financial burden on households (Roy and Howard [12]; Van Doorslaer et al. [13] for a range of Asian countries; Limwattananon, Tangcharoensathien and Prakongsai [14] for Thailand; Arsenault et al. [15] for Mali Rabann, Dandonaa, and Dandonaa [16]; Ghosh, 2010 [17] for India).

In addition, we are now witnessing an upsurge in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, with the potential of translating into a future catastrophic disease burden as vascular complications of the disease begin affecting a younger population.

This has already placed a heavy burden on the NHS, according to medical experts, and is set to have a catastrophic effect on the health of future generations.

Amnesty also recommended that "the USA should guarantee the right to health and access to healthcare services for gunshot survivors," and insure that healthcare costs do not cause "catastrophic financial burdens" to survivors or their families.

Liu and Chen [ 3] suggested that the higher the copayment, the more likely households were to buy private health insurance to protect themselves against potential catastrophic financial burdens.