"Eliminating a small co-payment appears to have had a substantial effect on patients’ risk of being hospitalised. Given the small amount of revenue gathered from the charges, and the comparative large costs of hospitalisations, the results suggest that these charges are likely to increase the overall cost of healthcare, as well as exacerbate ethnic inequalities."

#PaulineNorris, 2023

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-09011-0

#health #PrescriptionCharges