Can people afford to pay for health care?: new evidence on financial protection in Albania: summary

Overview

This review assesses the extent to which people in Albania experience financial hardship when they use health services, including medicines.

The analysis draws on household budget survey data collected by the Institute of Statistics of Albania in 2008–2009 and 2015.

It focuses on two indicators of financial protection:

• catastrophic health spending and
• impoverishing health spending.

It also considers the presence of access barriers leading to unmet need for health care.