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Forgone care and financial burden due to out-of-pocket payments within the German health care system

BACKGROUND: The amount of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments within the German health care system has risen steadily within the last years. OOP payments aim to strengthen patients’ cost awareness and try to restrict the demand on medical necessary treatments. However, besides the intended decline of non-i...

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Autor principal: Bremer, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4502068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26208936
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-014-0036-0