[Catastrophic health expenditures: analysis of the association with socioeconomic conditions in Minas Gerais, Brazil].

This study aimed to assess catastrophic health expenditures (CHE) and its association with socioeconomic conditions in 2009, 2011 and 2013 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was carried out with data from the Household Sample Survey. The dependent variable was the CHE in each year of the survey.

Catastrophic health expenditure and multimorbidity among older adults in Brazil.

Objective: To estimate the relation between catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and multimorbidity in a national representative sample of the Brazilian population aged 50 year or older.

Methods: This study used data from 8,347 participants of the Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde dos Idosos Brasileiros (ELSI - Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging) conducted in 2015-2016. The dependent variable was CHE, defined by the ratio between the health expenses of the adult aged 50 years or older and the household income.