The demand for private health insurance: do waiting lists matter?

被引：129
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作者：
Besley, T
Hall, J
Preston, I
机构：
[1] Univ London Univ Coll, Dept Econ, London WC1E 6BT, England
[2] London Sch Econ, London, England
[3] Inst Fiscal Studies, London, England
来源：
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS | 1999年 / 72卷 / 02期
基金：
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词：
health insurance; waiting lists;
D O I：
10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00108-X
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
In spite of government dominance in financing health care in many countries, the private health care sector remains important. This is true even though most public provision is heavily subsidized, and in many cases free, at source. Britain's National Health Service fails to drive out the private sector because it suffers from certain inflexibilities. Here, we show that longer waiting lists for NHS treatment are associated with greater purchases of private health insurance. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
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页码：155 / 181
页数：27
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