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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 ...
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 ...
Impact of the Guaranteed Health Plan with a single community premium in the demand for private health insurance in Chile
(CEPAL, 2017)
In 2012, a Guaranteed Health Plan for the private health system was submitted to the
Chilean National Congress, with the aim of offering a standardized flat-rate health-care
plan. This paper evaluates the impact that the ...
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 ...
The Brazilian National Health Agency and the Mental Health Policy in the Context of the Private Health System: developments and challenges
(UNIV SAO PAULO, FAC SAUDE PUBLICASAO PAULO, 2012)
This work analyses the mental health policy-making activity of the Brazilian National Health Agency (ANS), responsible for controlling health insurance companies. Three points are discussed: a) the framework of an economic ...
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 ...
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 ...
Minimum coverage regulation in insurance markets
(Springer, 2015)
We study the consequences of imposing a minimum coverage in an insurance market where enrollment is mandatory and agents have private information on their true risk type. If the regulation is not too stringent, the equilibrium ...