Damme WV, Leemput LV, Hardeman W, Meessen B (2004)
Out-of-pocket health expenditure and debt in poor households: evidence from Cambodia.
On the examination of out-of-pocket health expenditures in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal
Such
out-of-pocket costs could affect patients' survival in various ways, according to Goulart: They might stop taking their TKI, or they might have a hard time affording their basic needs, for example.
Paperwork, High Costs Could Mean Worse Survival for Lung Cancer Patients
Improvements in
out-of-pocket spending and income measures could partially offset each other in the estimated burden calculation overall, but there may be different implications for subgroups, such as the privately or publicly insured.
Effects of improvements in the CPS on the estimated prevalence of medical financial burdens
Advancing the policies outlined above will help lower
out-of-pocket costs, enable patients to make more informed healthcare decisions, provide stability to the Medicare program, and end payment disparities that have led to consolidation across the healthcare marketplace.
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In adjusted analyses, mean annual
out-of-pocket spending was $1,000 (CI = $886-$1,113) for cancer survivors and $622 (CI = $606-$639) for persons without a cancer history (p<0.001) (Table 2).
Annual Out-of-Pocket Expenditures and Financial Hardship Among Cancer Survivors Aged 18-64 Years--United States, 2011-2016
Shelley Moore Capita (R., W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D., Mt.), and signed by 29 senators, the letter states: "We believe the policy outlined in the proposed rule would provide needed relief from the impact pharmacy DIR fees have had on patients'
out-of-pocket costs and community pharmacies." The senators point to the staggering increase in DIR fees for pharmacies participating in the Part D program, which have swollen by "more than 45,000% between 2010 and 2017."
Discounts Satisfy Rx Consumers
PSA data showed household
out-of-pocket expenses reached P372.8 billion in 2017.
Out-of-pocket health expense of Pinoys rose in 2017-PSA
The bulk of health expenditures came from households as seen in the 54.5 percent share of household
out-of-pocket expenses to the total health expenditures.
Health expenditures rise 8% in 2017
The average
out-of-pocket cost for enrollees with low-income subsidies, on the other hand, dropped by 20% in 2011--from $1,858 to $1,485, Kaiser reported.
Medicare Part D enrollees in 2016: More hole, less donut
About 81% of Medicare fee-for-service enrollees now use some kind of public or private arrangement to cap their maximum
out-of-pocket spending, and to cope with ordinary deductible, co-payment and coinsurance bills, according to GAO analysts.
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But insurers are compensating for efforts to hold premiums to eyeball-catching levels by raising the enrollees' amount of "skin in the game," or
out-of-pocket spending.
2017 state Medicare Advantage bargain plan counts
This amount represents 9.2% of all
out-of-pocket spending by Americans on health care and 1.1% of total health care spending.
Complementary health care costs skyrocket
This amount represents 9.2% of all
out-of-pocket spending by Americans on healthcare and 1.1% of total healthcare spending.
Americans spend $30.2 billion on complementary healthcare: U.S. consumers spent $12.8 billion out-of-pocket on natural product supplements
Health insurance deductibles and
out-of-pocket costs have skyrocketed under the ACA, leaving employees to pick up more and more of their health care costs.
HSAs rising: unintended consequence of the Affordable Care Act
Women have seen a 20% decrease in their
out-of-pocket expenses for oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act's mandate to cover contraceptives without consumer cost sharing, according to a new analysis published in Health Affairs.
Contraceptive costs drop 20% under Affordable Care Act