Cost-sharing and associated factors in the Peruvian private health care system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The costs associated with healthcare are of critical importance to both decision-makers and users, given the limited resources allocated to the health sector. However, the available scientific evidence on healthcare costs in low- and middle-income countries, such as Peru, is scarce. In the Peruvian context, the health system is fragmented, and the private health insurance and its financing models have received less research attention. We aimed to analyse user cost-sharing and associated factors within the private healthcare system.

Methods

Our study was cross-sectional, using open data from the Electronic Transaction Model of Standardized Billing Data-TEDEF-SUSALUD, between 2021-2022. Our unit of analysis is the user's medical bills. We considered the total amount

SUBMITTER: Bellido-Boza L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11315335 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature