Owing to exposure to out-of-pocket payments for covered services, household budget survey data indicate that the share of households paying out of pocket rose from 72% in 2011 to 79% in 2015 (Goginashvili & Nadareishvili, in press).

The incidence of catastrophic health spending fell in 2012 and 2013 but rose in 2014 and 2015 (Goginashvili & Nadareishvili, in press). Among households with catastrophic health spending, the composition of outof-pocket payments shifted away from inpatient care to medicines. The average amount spent on inpatient care also fell, while the amount spent on outpatient medicines increased.

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Marina Darakhvelidze

Head of Health Care Department
Ministry of IDPs, Labour, Health and Social Affairs 
144 Tsereteli Ave.
Tbilisi 0119, Georgia
Tel: +995 32251 0038 (1102)
mob: 577 722 642
E-mail: mdarakhvelidze@moh.gov.ge