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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Besley, T; Hall, J; Preston, I
• 署名单位: University of London; University College London; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2727(98)00108-X
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 155-181
• 关键词: Health insurance; waiting lists

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.