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Table 5 Catastrophic health expenditure

From: Navigating through the maze of pricing and affordability of branded pharmaceuticals in the midst of the financial crisis: a comparative study among five European recession countries, from a Cyprus perspective

 

Italy

Greece

Cyprus

Spain

Portugal

Percentage of population of each acquisition of one product could be assessed as exceeding the threshold of catastrophic expenditure

24 %

25 %

19 %

31 %

23 %

Number of diabetics of which acquisition of one product could be assessed as exceeding the threshold of catastrophic expenditure

975,000

150,000

15,000

992,000

230,000