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| Author: | Besley, T. Hall, J. Preston, J. |
| Title: | The demand for private health insurance |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
1999 : MAY, VOL. 72:2, p. 155-182 |
| Index terms: | POLITICAL ECONOMY LABOUR MARKETS EFFICIENCY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In spite of government dominance in financing healthcare 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, the authors show that longer waiting lists for NHS treatment are associated with greater purchases of private health insurance. |
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