[The health copay and inequality: science and policy].

نویسندگان

  • Joan Benach
  • Gemma Tarafa
  • Carles Muntaner
چکیده

En las últimas décadas, el término «copago» se ha introducido n grado y manera diferentes en muchos países europeos1, y a la ez ha aumentado también significativamente el debate social en spaña en los últimos años. El copago, también conocido en inglés omopatient cost-sharingoengeneralout-of-pocket spending bypriate households, incluye muchas posibilidades: desde la puesta en ráctica de unpagopor servicios de atenciónmédica, el incremento e un pago ya existente, o su ampliación a personas que deberían agar. Este artículo revisa algunas de sus ventajas y problemas, con n énfasis especial en la equidad. El copago, sin embargo, no es n asunto “técnico” que podamos entender solamente con lamejor videncia científica disponible, sino que también es imprescindible alorar las estrategias y los intereses políticos que lo sustentan.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Gaceta sanitaria

دوره 26 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012