Financial Consequences of the Act on Reimbursement
of Medicines for the National Health Fund and Patients
Financial Consequences of the Act on Reimbursement
of Medicines for the National Health Fund and Patients
Author(s): Zofia Skrzypczak, Jadwiga SucheckaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: total pharmaceutical expenditure; out-of-pocket expenditure; reimbursement of medicines
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to present the financial consequences of the entry into force of the ReimbursementAct in 2012 for the National Health Fund, a payer of public funds, and for individual patients. A greaterburden on the society – i.e. an increase in the level of co-payment for medicines – turns out to beintegrated in the general tendency that emerges during the economic crisis in many European countriesat different levels of socio-economic development.
Journal: Problemy Zarządzania
- Issue Year: 16/2018
- Issue No: 5 (78)
- Page Range: 35-50
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English, Polish