[Survey of public opinion on supplemental payment for the use of health services].

The purpose of this investigation was to establish the attitude of Belgrade citizens towards the cost-sharing, and to determine for which services, in their opinion, the co-payment will be considered justified, as well as to analyze which part of the population will be exposed to such costs in the utilization of health care services. The city population considered to be the most suitable for the analysis consisted of 500 inhabitants of the city and suburban municipalities. The questionnaire filled in by 422 persons (response rate of 84.4%) was used as the investigation instrument. The results of this study show that the interviewed Belgrade population favours the solution which does not affect and jeopardize their living and health standards i.e. the increase of contribution rates payable from gross personal income and the introduction of new voluntary contributions for the health care. However, their attitude towards cost-sharing is not a priori negative. The answers obtained to the question whether cost-sharing will be justified in the present economic situation was not completely negative from the aspect of the current undertaking of such steps by the community.