Financial burden of drug expenditures in Poland

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 256-264

  Łuczak, Julita ^a   García Gómez, Pilar ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catastrophic health expenditure; Drugs with prescription; Health system in Poland; Out of pocket payments; Over the counter drugs; Poverty impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; POLAND; POVERTY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG COSTS; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; POLAND; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84859747736     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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