Can people afford to pay for health care? New evidence on financial protection in Kyrgyzstan

Overview

This review examines the extent to which people living in Kyrgyzstan experience financial hardship when using health services, it is structured as follows.

• Section 2 sets out the analytical approach and sources of data used to measure financial protection.
• Section 3 provides a brief overview of health coverage and access to health care.
• Sections 4 and 5 present the results of the statistical analysis of household data, with a focus on out-of-pocket payments in Section 4 and financial protection in Section 5.
• Section 6 provides a discussion of the results of the financial protection analysis and identifies factors that strengthen and undermine financial protection: those that affect people’s capacity to pay for health care, and health system factors.
• Section 7 highlights implications for policy and draws attention to areas that require further analysis.
• Annex 1 provides information on household budget surveys; Annex 2 the methods used; Annex 3 regional and global financial protection indicators; Annex 4 a glossary of terms; and Annex 5 the KIHBS.

This review is part of a series of country-based studies generating new evidence on financial protection in European health systems.