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Assessing progressivity of out‐of‐pocket payment: with illustration to Malaysia

open access: yesThe International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2006
AbstractThroughout the world, policy makers are considering or implementing financing strategies that are likely to have a substantial impact on the equity of health financing. The assessment of the equity implication is clearly important, given the potential impact that alternative finance sources have on households.
Yu, Chai Ping   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The use of medical care and out-of-pocket payments in Russia

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2016
Background: Despite the constitutional right of all Russian citizens to free medical care, out-of-pocket payment is a widespread phenomenon for all types of medical treatment. The aims of this paper are twofold: To present new evidence on the use of, and payment for, outpatient and inpatient treatment in Russia; and to compare the motivations behind ...
Liudmila Zasimova
exaly   +3 more sources

Out-of-pocket payments for health care in Serbia

Health Policy, 2015
This study focuses on out-of-pocket payments for health care in Serbia. In contrast to previous studies, we distinguish three types of out-of-pocket patient payments: official co-payments, informal (under-the-table) payments and payments for "bought and brought goods" (i.e.
Milena Pavlova   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Informal out-of-pocket payments for healthcare services in Greece

Health Policy, 2020
Informal out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare services are not unusual in Greece.This study estimates the association between respondent and incident-level characteristics and informal payments.A survey of 4218 households was conducted from November 2016 to February 2017.
Theodoros V. Giannouchos   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Out-of-Pocket Payments in the Post-Semashko Health Care System [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2014
This paper presents the analysis results of existing practices of out-of-pocket payments in the Russian post-Semashko health care system. It was carried out based on the data reflected in the ‘Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey’ from 1991-2012 and data of the ‘Georating’ survey carried out in all regions of the Russian Federation in 2010. The trends
Sergey Shishkin   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Out-of-Pocket Payments and Subjective Unmet Need of Healthcare

Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2017
We present a critical review of the literature that discusses the link between the level of out-of-pocket payments in developed countries and the share of people in these countries reporting that they postpone or forgo healthcare for financial reasons. We discuss the pros and cons of measuring access problems with this subjective variable.
Erik Schokkaert   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Out-of-Pocket Costs and Provider Payments in Cleft Lip and Palate Repair

Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2022
Background As healthcare spending within the United States grows, payers have attempted to curb spending through higher cost sharing for patients. For families attempting to balance financial obligations with their children's surgical needs, high cost sharing could place families in difficult situations, deciding between life ...
Danielle H, Rochlin   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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