Impact of changes in out-of-pocket payments in health care on household budgets

KRŮTILOVÁ, Veronika. Impact of changes in out-of-pocket payments in health care on household budgets. In 8th PEARL Conference. 2011.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Impact of changes in out-of-pocket payments in health care on household budgets
• Autoři: KRŮTILOVÁ, Veronika (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: 8th PEARL Conference, 2011.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Prezentace na konferencích
• Obor: 50600 5.6 Political science
• Stát vydavatele: Česká republika
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: URL
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14560/11:00054712
• Organizační jednotka: Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
• Klíčová slova anglicky: private expenditure out-of-pocket payments user fees burden of household budgets catastrophic payments
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

The Czech Republic belongs to the countries with a relatively low level of private spending on health. As part of the health care reform package in 2008, some additional out-of-pocket payments were introduced, called ‘user (patient) fees’. Furthermore, the government intends to increase some user fees in the following years. There has been a serious discussion between proponents and opponents because an increase in out-of-pocket payments for health care may create financial obstacles for some households and restrict the desirable consumption of care. The objective of the paper is to determine the impact of changes in out-of-pocket payments on household budgets and provide solution for more just distribution of the burden. Data from the Household Budget Survey regularly collected by the Czech Statistical Office is used. Descriptive analyses and multivariate analyses were performed.