How does copayment for health care services affect demand, health and redistribution? A systematic review of the empirical evidence from 1990 to 2011

• Published in: The European journal of health economics Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 813 - 828
• Main Authors: Kiil, Astrid, Houlberg, Kurt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.11.2014; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ambulatory care; Ambulatory Care - economics; Ambulatory Care - statistics & numerical data; Copayments; Deductibles and Coinsurance - economics; Deductibles and Coinsurance - statistics & numerical data; Delivery of Health Care - economics; Delivery of Health Care - organization & administration; Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Demand; Drug prescriptions; Economic history; Economic Policy; Economic statistics; Economic theory; Emergency medical services; Empirical evidence; Experiments; General practice; Health care delivery; Health Care Management; Health care services; Health Economics; Health insurance; Health services; Health Services Needs and Demand - economics; Health Services Needs and Demand - organization & administration; Health Services Needs and Demand - statistics & numerical data; Hospitalization - economics; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; International; Low income; Low income groups; Manycountries; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; National health insurance; Older adults; Operating rooms; Original Paper; Payments; Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes; Prescription drugs; Prescription Drugs - economics; Prescription Drugs - therapeutic use; Price elasticity of demand; Public Finance; Public Health; Studies; Systematic review; Behavioural effects; Health; Distributional consequences; Demand effects; I18 (Government policy; regulation, public health); Copayment; I14 (Health and inequality); I11 (Analysis of healthcare markets)

This article reviews the quantitative evidence on the behavioural effects of copayment within the health area across a wide range of countries. The review distinguishes itself from previous similar reviews by having a high degree of transparency for the search strategy used to identify the studies i...