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Is public health insurance an appropriate instrument for redistribution?

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: The share of the public sector in health insurance provision varies enormously from country to country. It is larger in more redistributive countries. We provide a possible theoretical explanation for these facts: a public health insurance system, fi nanced by taxes, can be an effi cient means of redistribution, complementary to income taxation. This relies on the assumption of a negative correlation between income and morbidity. We examine the empirical validity of this assumption on macro data.

Source: Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)

DOI: 10.5167/uzh-54322

Authors: Henriet, Dominique, Rochet, Jean-Charles

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Finance

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1894491333

FWCI: 4.537

Cites: 34

Cited by: 22

Related to: 10