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Why private health insurance?

Year: 2020

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: Private health insurance makes a small contribution to spending on health in most countries around the world, but its effect on health system performance can be surprisingly large owing to market failures and weaknesses in public policy. Because private health insurance can have a disproportionate impact, leading to risk segmentation, inequality and inefficiency, it should be considered and monitored with care.

Source: Cambridge University Press eBooks

DOI: 10.1017/9781139026468.001

Authors: Sarah Thomson, Anna Sagan, Elias Mossialos

Institutions: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, London School of Economics and Political Science

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W3092345266