Newborn health benefits or financial risk protection? An ethical analysis of a real-life dilemma in a setting without universal health coverage

摘要

IntroductionHigh healthcare costs make illness precarious for both patients and their families’ economic situation. Despite the recent focus on the interconnection between health and financial risk at the systemic level, the ethical conflict between concerns for potential health benefits and financial risk protection at the household level in a low-income setting is less understood.