Income-, education- and gender-related inequalities in out-of-pocket health-care payments for 65+ patients - a systematic review

Income-, education- and gender-related inequalities in out-of-pocket health-care payments for 65+ patients - a systematic review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In all OECD countries, there is a trend to increasing patients' copayments in order to balance rising overall health-care costs. This systematic review focuses on inequalities concerning the amount of out-of-pocket payments (OOP...

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Main Authors: Corrieri Sandro, Heider Dirk, Matschinger Herbert, Lehnert Thomas, Raum Elke, König Hans-Helmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Online Access:http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/9/1/20

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