Country | Equity between income quintiles | Inequities for lower income quintiles | Inequities for specific groups |
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Croatia | n/a | Lower utilization rates for GP, specialist and dentist visits [44] | n/a |
Higher share of unmet needa (2012, [38]) | |||
Czech Republic | Similar utilization rates for GP, specialist and dentist visitsb (2008, [67]) | Higher share of unmet needa (2012, [38]) | 44Ā % of Roma and 11Ā % of non-Roma population had no access to essential drugs. 87Ā % of Roma and 99Ā % of non-Roma population had access to health services (2011, [33]) |
Estonia | n/a | Inequities in access to primary and dental care, but declining (2004ā2008, [36]) | n/a |
Higher share of unmet needa (2012, [38]) | |||
For services requiring user charges (outpatient drugs, dental care) there are more inequalities in utilization by income level compared to services with little need for OOPs (inpatient care, emergency care) (2000ā2007, [36]) | |||
Hungary | Equity in the probability of seeing a GP (2009, [67]) | Inequity in utilization rates for dentist and specialist visitsb (2009, [67]) | Roma were less likely to use health services, particularly those offered by specialist and dentists. The use of health services by Roma was similar to that seen in the lowest income quintile of the general population. (2007, [17]) |
Higher share of unmet needa (2012, [38]) | |||
Poland | n/a | Higher share of unmet needa (2012, [38]) | n/a |
Inequity in utilization rates for GP and dentist visitsb (2009, [67]) | |||
Slovakia | n/a | Inequity in utilization rates for GP visitsb (2009, [67]) | n/a |
Higher share of unmet needa (2012, [38]) | |||
Slovenia | Equity in access and utilization rates [23] | n/a | n/a |
Equity in utilization rates for GP, specialist and dentist visitsb (2007, [67]) |