Copayment analysis
March 5, 2014
The Consumers Health Forum of
Australia (CHF), the peak national
not-for-profit body representing
two million health consumers
nationwide, has released a new
report on co-payments in the
health system.
The analysis of research into
co-payments commissioned by the
CHF concludes new co-payments
will simply result in decreased
access to health care and will mean
more people will delay treatments,
with more financial hardship.
The analysis, by health researcher
Jennifer Doggett, shows there is
a significant body of international
evidence that reveals co-payments
create barriers to access to health
care and create further financial
disadvantage.
17% of all total health care
expenditure in Australia is already
being funded by individuals’
payments, CHF said.
In an on-line survey by CHF of 400
respondents, 75% said they had
stopped or delayed seeing a health
professional - mainly because of
cost.
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