Simić, Snežana (57526929000)Snežana (57526929000)SimićDoknić-Stefanović, Danica (7801378089)Danica (7801378089)Doknić-StefanovićMarinković, Jelena (7004611210)Jelena (7004611210)MarinkovićŽivković, Mirjana (57224793245)Mirjana (57224793245)Živković2025-06-122025-06-121988https://doi.org/10.1097/00005650-198802000-00006https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0023954879&doi=10.1097%2f00005650-198802000-00006&partnerID=40&md5=822ab0b29a1ee8eab4306ead49e5cbd2https://remedy.med.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1998In this study the existing forms and amounts of cost-sharing in the Republic of Serbia (Yugoslavia) are analyzed. The level of cost-sharing is ranked according to the number and type of services involved and the relative importance with which they are viewed within the overall health-care policy of Yugoslavia. The “self-managing community of interest of health care,” administratively coincident with the district, is taken as the unit of observation. Until recently, these bodies independently decided whether to introduce cost-sharing as well as the rate of cost-sharing. Therefore, the implementation of this health-policy measure differed among the districts generating inequality within health-care system. The results of simple and multiple correlation indicate that poorer districts with fewer health resources and lower levels of consumption introduced cost-sharing for more services, attempting to provide additional resources for financing of the health-care system. The multiple linear-regression model shows that population/physidan ratio and the use of primary care physicians’ services are the significant indicators of health-care expenditures in this territory. Considering the current economic situation in Yugoslavia and the level of development of the health-care system, the results of this cross-sectional study imply that cost-containment in health care can be achieved in a more equitable and effective manner by controlling supply of health services than by limiting demands. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.Cost-sharingHealth-care expendituresUse of health services