insurance. The aim is to examine the role of cost-sharing arrangements and to evaluate them in terms of efficiency, equity and … covered by the social health insurance are also converging. All the four countries apply co-payments for dental care, some …, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health …

willingness to pay for health care services. In this paper, we use the data from the discrete choice experiments included in the … survey, to elicit the preferences of health care consumers about the choice of health care providers. Regression analysis is … the capital, with low education and bad health status are more driven by the changes in the price attribute when choosing …

) and specialists (SPs) affects either the health status of patients or their pharmacy costs. To this end, it measures the … health status by the number of comorbidities diagnosed and treated. In strong GP–SP relationships, the patient health status … article finds that stronger ties result in lower pharmacy costs, but not in higher patient health statuses. Key points for …

crisis on health and health care. However, there is limited knowledge on this topic regarding the Central and Eastern … European (CEE) countries. The main aims of this study are to examine the effect of the financial crisis on health care spending … paper we also revised the literature for economic crisis related impact on health and health care system in these countries …

crisis on health and health care. However, there is limited knowledge on this topic regarding the Central and Eastern … European (CEE) countries. The main aims of this study are to examine the effect of the financial crisis on health care spending … paper we also revised the literature for economic crisis related impact on health and health care system in these countries …