Table 10 Financial access – HUES 2007/2010
From: Promoting universal financial protection: health insurance for the poor in Georgia – a case study
Indicator | Year | Total | MIP | Non-MIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage of occurrences of acute sickness in the last 30 days, where no consultation was undertaken because it was too expensive/not enough money (% of all reasons) | 2007 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 16.2 |
2010 | 16.7 | 17.8 | 13.9 | |
Percentage of consultations where medicine was prescribed but not purchased because it was too expensive (base: all consultations in previous six months) | 2007 | 11.8 | 19.4 | 10.3 |
2010 | 13.1 | 21.4 | 10.2 | |
Percentage of consultations where a lab test was prescribed but not done because it was too expensive (base: all consultations in previous six months) | 2007 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 3.7 |
2010 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.0 | |
Percentage of total population who reported needing hospitalisation in the last year but were not hospitalised because it was too expensive/they did not have enough money | 2007 | 3.9 | - | - |
2010 | 2.6*** | 2.3 | 2.7 | |
Percentage of respondents who expect to pay for a consultation with a doctor at the nearest facility | 2007 | 72.6 | 57.0 | 75.7 |
2010 | 73.5 | 51.5* | 80.9** |