Voluntary public health insurance [PDF]
Public Choice, 2014 We look at the consequences of allowing public health insurance (PuHI) to be voluntary when its coverage can be supplemented in the market. PuHI redistributes with respect to risk and income, and the market is affected by adverse selection. We argue that making PuHI voluntary does not lead to its collapse since individuals always participate in it ...
Goulão, Catarina
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Price elasticity of demand for voluntary health insurance plans in Colombia [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Since 1993, Colombia has had a mandatory social health insurance scheme that aims to provide universal health coverage to all citizens. However, some contributory regime participants purchase voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) to access
María Sofía Casabianca +3 more
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The role of risk preferences: voluntary health insurance in rural Tanzania [PDF]
Health Economics Review, 2023 Background Lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) have a common goal to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through voluntary health insurance schemes.
Alphoncina Kagaigai, Sverre Grepperud
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Understanding Perception and Factors Influencing Private Voluntary Health Insurance Policy Subscription in the Lucknow Region [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2015 Background Health insurance has been acknowledged by researchers as a valuable tool in health financing. In spite of its significance, a subscription paralysis has been observed in India for this product. People who can afford health insurance are also
Tanuj Mathur +3 more
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Development of the voluntary health insurance market in Ukraine [PDF]
Health Economics and Management Review, 2021 This paper is aimed to study the development trends of the domestic voluntary health insurance market. The authors analyzed the current state of the domestic voluntary health insurance market by its types. In the study framework, the main tendencies were
Olena Zhuravka +2 more
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Voluntary health insurance as a source of funding for the health care system: the world’s experience and Ukraine [PDF]
Insurance Markets and Companies, 2020 In the conditions of insufficient budgetary financing of the health care system and low quality of medical care in the state medical establishments of Ukraine, the importance of extra-budgetary sources of financing becomes increasingly relevant. One such
Fedir Zhuravka +2 more
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Voluntary medical insurance in Ukraine: state and prospects of development
Acta Medica Leopoliensia, 2021 Aim. The paper analyzes the state of the voluntary medical insurance in Ukraine and identifies the tendencies of its development. Material and Methods.
Z.S. Mysak
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Problems of implementation of compulsory health insurance in Ukraine [PDF]
Health Economics and Management Review, 2021 This article summarizes the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on health care financing by introducing compulsory health insurance in Ukraine and improving voluntary one.
Vadym Aleksandrov +2 more
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Mandatory membership of community-based mutual health insurance in Senegal: A national survey.
PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 With the low adherence to voluntary mutual health insurance, Senegal's policymakers have sought to understand the feasibility of compulsory health insurance membership.
Valéry Ridde +4 more
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Interaction between health insurance, household income, and public health financing in Ukraine [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2022 The most significant problems in financing the public health system in Ukraine are the permanent deficit of public spending on medicine and the shallow development of the voluntary health insurance market.
Aleksandra Kuzior +4 more
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