Revisiting out-of-pocket requirements: trends in spending, financial access barriers, and policy in ten high-income countries

• Main Authors: Thomas Rice (Author), Wilm Quentin (Author), Anders Anell (Author), Andrew J. Barnes (Author), Pauline Rosenau (Author), Lynn Y. Unruh (Author), Ewout van Ginneken (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Countries rely on out-of-pocket (OOP) spending to different degrees and employ varying techniques. The article examines trends in OOP spending in ten high-income countries since 2000, and analyzes their relationship to self-assessed barriers to accessing health care services. The...