Table 11 Incidence of catastrophic and impoverishing expenditure

Croatia

2009: 7.6 % [61]

n/a

Czech Republic

1999: 0 % (this reflects the low levels of cost-sharing) [62]

n/a

2007: 8.1 %

2008: 13 %

2009: 11.9 %

(at a threshold of 5 % of net income) [63]

Estonia

2000-2007: Approx. 2-4 % [16]

2000: 3.7 %

2009: 1.6 % [61]

2007: 2.1 % [36]

Threshold of 40 %:

For the 1st quintile:

2000: 1.8 %

2000: 4.6 %

2001: 1.9 %

2001: 4.6 %

2002: 2.1 %

2002: 5.7 %

2003: 2.1 %

2003: 5.8 %

2004: 3.0 %

2004: 8.4 %

2005: 2.8 %

2005: 3.5 %

2006: 4.4 %

2006: 7.8 %

2007: 2.3 %

2007: 4.6 % [42]

2010: 1.8 %

2010-2012 average for the 1st quintile: approx. 3 %

2011: 1.4 %

2000-2007: approx. 5 % of single pensioners pushed below poverty line due to OOPs (compared to approx. 1 % in 2010–2012) [64]

2012: 2.1 % [64]

Hungary

2003: 0.7 %

2003: 0.2 %

2007: 0.5 % [17]

2007: 0.1 % [17]

Poland

From 2000 to 2009: Incidence and intensity of catastrophic expenditure in drugs increased and affected for most the poor [65]

2000: 2.4 %

2009: 1.4 %

2009: 1.6 % [61]

63 % of the poor had drug expenditure and were further impoverished

37 % of people fell into poverty due to drug expenditure [65]

Slovakia

Mean incidence of catastrophic health expenditure arising from OOPs: 0.6 % [66]

n/a

Slovenia

2009: 0.1 % [61]

n/a