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Choosing health insurance in a dual health care system: The Chilean case
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2000)
In Chile there is a public insurance system where people contribute a fixed percentage of
their income, and also a private system where people pay a premium based on their personal
characteristics. Using a large survey ...
National Health Insurance: A conceptual framework from conflicting typologies
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2019)
In the path to universal health coverage, policymakers discuss different alternative health system's financing schemes. Classical typologies have been posited, including models such as National Health Service, Social Health ...
Progressive segmented health insurance: Colombian health reform and access to health services
Equal access for poor populations to health services is a comprehensive objective for any health reform. The Colombian health reform addressed this issue through a segmented progressive social health insurance approach. ...
Health insurance scheme performance and effects on health and health inequalities in Chile
(Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba, 2017)
INTRODUCTION Health systems are one determinant of health; their role is to facilitate timely and equitable access to quality services. The way in which a health system is organized can profoundly affect achievement of its ...
Health insurance scheme performance and effects on health and health inequalities in Chile
(Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba, 2017)
INTRODUCTION Health systems are one determinant of health; their role is to facilitate timely and equitable access to quality services. The way in which a health system is organized can profoundly affect achievement of its ...
Private health insurance and utilization of health services in Chile
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2006)
This paper analyses the choice of private health insurance in Chile and how this relates to the utilization of health services. The results show the importance of some demographics on the insurance decision, particularly ...
The effects of social health insurance expansion and increased choice on perinatal health and health care use: lessons from the uruguayan health care reform
(Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2018)
In 2007 the Uruguayan government launched a reform aimed at expanding social healthinsurance to family-members of formal workers and to retirees. The policy increased insurance generosity -relative to the safety net ...
O relacionamento entre hospitais e operadoras de planos de saúde no âmbito do Programa de Qualificação da Saúde Suplementar da ANS
(2007)
In Brazilian health insurance sector, the fee-for-service model still remains the major payment method for health services, and predominates in the relationship between hospitals and private health insurance companies. ...
Motivating provision of high quality care: it is not all about the money.
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)
Mylène Lagarde, Luis Huicho, and Irene Papanicolas discuss different strategies policy makers can use to motivate health providers in order to improve quality of care. The inclusion of universal health coverage as a target ...