Out-of-pocket payments, vertical equity and unmet medical needs in France: A national multicenter prospective study on lymphedema.

Out-of-pocket payments might threaten the vertical equity of financing and generate unmet medical needs. The main objective was to assess the vertical equity of outpatient out-of-pocket payments for lymphedema patients in France. Twenty-seven centres, among which 11 secondary care hospitals and 16 p...

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Main Authors: Gregoire Mercier, Jenica Pastor, Valerie Clément, Ulysse Rodts, Christine Moffat, Isabelle Quéré
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216386