Trends and income related differences in out-of-pocket costs for prescription and over-the-counter medicines in Finland from 1985 to 2006

Katri Aaltonen, Mikko Niemelä, Pauline Norris, J. Simon Bell and Sirpa Hartikainen

Health Policy, 2013, vol. 110, issue 2, 131-140

Abstract: To explore trends and income related differences in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for prescription and over-the-counter medicines in Finland in 1985–2006.

Keywords: Pharmaceuticals; Insurance; Social inequalities; Access to health care; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.12.004

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