At the same time, high levels of private health care expenditure as a proportion of household income may deter lower socioeconomic groups from accessing health care when they need it, thereby contributing to increased health inequality in some countries.
San am céanna, d’fhéadfadh ardleibhéil an chaiteachais cúram sláinte phríobháidigh mar chionmhaireacht den ioncam teaghlaigh, grúpaí socheacnamaíocha níos ísle a chur ó chúram sláinte a rochtain nuair a bhíonn sé ag teastáil uathu, rud a chuireann, dá bharr sin, leis an neamhionannas méadaithe sláinte i dtíortha áirithe.