TY - JOUR AU - Kočiš Krůtilová, Veronika AU - Bahnsen, Lewe AU - De Graeve, Diana PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/17 TI - The out-of-pocket burden of chronic diseases: the cases of Belgian, Czech and German older adults JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 239 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Out-of-pocket payments have a diverse impact on the burden of those with a higher morbidity or the chronically ill. As the prevalence of chronic diseases increases with age, older adults are a vulnerable group. The paper aims to evaluate the impact of chronic diseases on the out-of-pocket payments burden of the 50+ populations in Belgium, the Czech Republic and Germany. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06259-w DO - 10.1186/s12913-021-06259-w ID - Kočiš Krůtilová2021 ER -