Forgone care and financial burden due to out-of-pocket payments within the German health care system
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Forgone care and financial burden due to out-of-pocket payments within the German health care system
BACKGROUND The amount of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments within the German health care system has risen steadily within the last years. OOP payments aim to strengthen patients' cost awareness and try to restrict the demand on medical necessary treatments. However, besides the intended decline of non-induced health care services there's a risk that people also forgo necessary treatments because the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Economics Review
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2191-1991
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-014-0036-0