Affordable and equitable access to subsidised outpatient medicines? Analysis of co-payments under the Additional Drug Package in Kyrgyzstan

Affordable and equitable access to subsidised outpatient medicines? Analysis of co-payments under the Additional Drug Package in Kyrgyzstan

Abstract Background Out-of-pocket (OOP) payments can constitute a major barrier for affordable and equitable access to essential medicines. Household surveys in Kyrgyzstan pointed to a perceived growth in OOP payments for outpatient medicines, including those covered by the benefits package scheme (...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sabine Vogler, Peter Schneider, Guillaume Dedet, Hanne Bak Pedersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Co-payment
Out-of-pocket payment
Access to medicines, affordability, equity, pharmaceutical policy
Pricing
Price regulation
Transparency
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-0990-6

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-019-0990-6

Similar Items