COPAYMENTS OF THE CITIZENS IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE

The growth of cost of healthcare services becomes more and more serious problem throughout the world. In the context of no limitations with respect to both scope of consumption and cost of the services, due to application of innovational treatment methods, the cost of medical aid, rendered to the ci...

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Published in:	Farmakoèkonomika (Moskva. Online) Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 60 - 67
Main Authors:	Tatarinov, A. P., Lukyantseva, D. V., Melnikova, L. S., Omelyanovskii, V. V.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	IRBIS LLC 01-12-2016
Subjects:	characteristics of healthcare systems in various countries of the world coinsurance copayments copays costs sharing deductibles guarantees of safety healthcare model healthcare system international practice medical aid funding and management methods of cost sharing regulator of medical aid scope sources of healthcare funding
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Summary:	The growth of cost of healthcare services becomes more and more serious problem throughout the world. In the context of no limitations with respect to both scope of consumption and cost of the services, due to application of innovational treatment methods, the cost of medical aid, rendered to the citizens free of charge, has almost no upper limit. In light of this, the alternative strategies of more efficient and fair funding of healthcare, being the subject of this article, are searched throughout the world.
ISSN:	2070-4909 2070-4933
DOI:	10.17749/2070-4909.2016.9.3.060-067