Concerns zorgmijding due to excess – Telegraaf.nl

AMSTERDAM –

Patients Federations worry about the fact that many patients avoid follow-up treatments because they fall under the excess. Almost three quarters of patients would like to inform customers, therefore have an indication of the expected health care costs. Currently patients card statements often get afterwards

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This is reflected in the Action Report “Understanding Healthcare costs’ of patients in collaboration with national federation NPCF Each platform mental health and disability organization (s). The project involved more than 9,000 people participated.

Uncertainty

The research shows that there is much uncertainty about the payment overview of the healthcare costs. This is mainly due to the fact that patients can not link the declarations to the treatment they have undergone. Moreover, medical terms and jargon in the payment overviews understanding more difficult.

For a little more than half of the respondents, the excess is the main reason to have advance information about the cost of medications, treatments or resources. Relatively many patients (14 percent) even refrain from further care if its costs are covered by the excess.

Precautions

Paitëntenfederaties worry about this trend as not to judge the consequences of taking no further worries due to high costs. According to the domes, this research evidence that the excess zorgmijding in hand works, contrary to what Minister Schippers (Health) has claimed.

Patients Domes want health insurers take more action to understandable patients in advance provide care notes

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