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Country
Type of Care
Co-payment
Co-insurance
Supplementary payments
Uninsured services
Protection measures
Belgium
Outpatient
NA
GP and specialist consultations, GP home visits, physiotherapy, speech therapy, podology, etc.
Non-convention healthcare providers
Individual health services
Household level annual maximum for co-payments and co-insurance from 450 to 1800 EUR according to income. A maximum for the chronically ill reduced by 100 EUR. Lower co-payments and co-insurance for low-income households.
