wildfire98

wildfire98 t1_jaahlj9 wrote

When reading this I didn't have a good grasp of how the financial crisis can affect a health care system, I found an interesting article that stated the following...

"The economic crisis has reduced the available hospitals’ funds, including reimbursement rates, donations, and income (Greece and the US). Moreover, hospitals’ patient care losses increased due to the reduction in ambulatory care and elective surgeries. Furthermore income from non-patient care activities decreased after the economic crisis. All these factors increased out-of-pocket and informal payments. Policies and measures such as hospitals closure, admission of fewer patients with acute conditions by hospitals, limiting drug prescription, and patients being forced to supply consumables and drugs from outside the hospital have led to an indirect increase in patients’ financial burden."

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