Private Health Insurance in OECD Countries [electronic resource].
Development, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2004.
What is the impact of private health insurance (PHI) on health systems? How does it affect coverage of and access to health care services? What risks and opportunities does it pose for cost pressures on health systems? How does PHI improve responsiveness to consumers' choice and needs, and what is its impact on quality of care? What regulatory mechanisms and financial incentives can encourage equity, efficiency, and responsiveness from different insurance mixes and PHI markets?This report provides the first-ever comparative analysis of the role and performance of private health insur
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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Preface; Executive Summary; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Role of Private Health Insurance in Mixed Systems of Health Care Funding; Chapter 3. Government Regulation of PHI in OECD Countries: Scope, Trends and Challenges; Chapter 4. The Impact of Private Health Insurance on Health System Performance; Chapter 5. Conclusions and Policy Lessons; List of Acronyms; Publications in the OECD health project series; Other recent OECD publications
What is the impact of private health insurance (PHI) on health systems? How does it affect coverage of and access to health care services? What risks and opportunities does it pose for cost pressures on health systems? How does PHI improve responsiveness to consumers' choice and needs, and what is its impact on quality of care? What regulatory mechanisms and financial incentives can encourage equity, efficiency, and responsiveness from different insurance mixes and PHI markets?This report provides the first-ever comparative analysis of the role and performance of private health insur
Health insurance -- OECD countries.
Health insurance.
Medical policy -- OECD countries.
Medical policy.
The OECD Health Project