In the same year, the cap on all co-payments for outpatient and inpatient health care services per person per year increased from about EUR 213 to EUR 570, and the cap on total payment per hospitalisation episode increased from EUR 114 to EUR 356. However, in 2010, co-payments for outpatient visits to specialists and hospitals were reduced from EUR 7.11 to EUR 4.27, and co-payments for daily inpatient charges in hospital were reduced from EUR 17 to EUR 13.52, starting from the second day (Taube et al., Paying out-of-pocket to avoid long waits for services, especially towards the end of the year, is common.