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To be added to iatrogenesis Reformulate under sources a new subheadings:

Causes and consequences

Add below psychology a new title:

Iatrogenic Poverty

Medical treatment does not only have an effect on the mind and body of patients but also on their wallet. Meessen et al used the term “Iatrogenic Poverty” to describe the impoverishment induced by the medical care. Impoverishment is described for households exposed to catastrophic health expenditure or to hardship financing (Kruk). Every year, worldwilde , over 100.000 households fall into poverty due to hill health. For political systems that have a transitional economy, the willingness to pay for health care is increasing and the supply side does not stay behind and develops very fast. On the other hand, the regulatory and protective capacity of the political system is insufficient. Patients then fall in a vicious circle of illness, ineffective therapies, consumption of savings, indebtedness, sale of productive assets and eventually poverty.