Social Protection in Health Care and Vulnerable Population Groups in Serbia

Frontiers in Public Health

Jelena Arsenijevic¹ 

关键词: health;    Serbia;    vulnerable population groups;    social protection;    out-of-pocket patient payments;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00194

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Social protection refers to a set of policy measures to protect individuals, especially the critically poor, from financial losses due to high-risk events, such as natural disasters, social risks like unemployment, war or unexpected financial shocks, and political risks like discrimination of minorities in conflict zones (1–3). In terms of health, social protection includes protection against health risks, to ensure good quality of care and financial protection that aims to protect people from unexpected health care shocks (4). One way to assure financial protection in the health care sector is to introduce universal social health insurance (5). However, when universal health insurance cannot provide financial sustainability of the health care system, patient charges are necessary. With patient payments social protection can be achieved by the implementation of an exemption mechanism (5). In this paper, we focus on financial protection in health care in Serbia.

【 授权许可】

CC BY