Table 2:
Category | Financial barriers and examples |
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Health Insurance | Lack of insurance coverage for healthcare services such as dentistry, occupational therapy and speech therapy |
Lack of coverage for rehabilitation supplies and equipment, i.e. wheelchairs, walkers, insoles, braces, prosthetic limbs | |
Disproportionate copayment for physical therapy, laboratory tests and some medicines | |
Affordability | Low income of people with disability and their families |
Financial support | Low levels of pensions for PWD |
Mismatch between the allocation of subsides and the severity of disability and socioeconomic status | |
Confusion about the condition of health costs reimbursement | |
Transportation costs | High cost of transport to healthcare facilities for PWD |