New WHO analysis finds that out-of-pocket payments for health are a major source of financial hardship for people in Albania. Around 8% of households are pushed into poverty or further impoverished after paying out of pocket and 12% experience catastrophic health spending. The financial hardship caused by out-of-pocket payments is heavily concentrated among poorer parts of the population and is increasingly driven by household spending on outpatient medicines.
https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Health-systems/health-systems-financing/news/news/2020/11/albania-needs-to-expand-population-coverage-to-move-towards-universal-health-coverage