Působení výdajů domácnosti s pacientem s roztroušenou sklerózou na finanční ochranu

This thesis focuses on the topic of financial protection of households with a patient with multiple sclerosis. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether the monitored household with a patient with multiple sclerosis in the Czech Republic is not endangered by catastrophic expenditures. The theoretical part explains the concepts of cost-of-Illness, out-of-pocket payments for the health and financial protection. The work also describes in detail the issue of the disease and the specific costs associated with the disease. A case study was used as a research method, with the help of which household expenditures for a period of 6 months are monitored at work. The thesis uses an alternative methodology, which is a combination of WHO methodology and COI methodology. For the calculation are used four methods according to WHO methodology and each of the methods is calculated for three different models. The results of the calculations are interpreted and evaluated. The thesis is discussed with foreign works on related topics.