The consolidation of a universal health system coupled with a process of regional devolution
characterise the institutional reforms of the National Health System (NHS) in Spain in the last …

OBJECTIVES: This paper reviews the empirical literature on what characterises individuals
with voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) in universal health care systems and …

The authors examine the role and nature of the market for voluntary health insurance in the
European Union and review the impact of public policy, at both the national and EU levels …

The purpose of this article is to structure the extant knowledge on the determinants of
microinsurance demand in a manner that achieves several outcomes. First is to offer a …

One of the limitations of cross‐country health expenditure analysis refers to the fact that the
financing, the internal organization and political restraints of health care decision‐making …

Background Studies conducted in developed countries using economic models show that
individual-and household-level variables are important determinants of health insurance …

Background Few studies have quantitatively estimated the income elasticity of demand of
voluntary private health insurance (VPHI) in countries with a universal National Health …

This paper analyzes the determinants of health insurance enrollment and health
expenditure in Ghana using micro data from wave 7 of the Ghana Living Standards Survey …

Many health insurance systems apply managed competition principles to control costs and
quality of health care. Besides other factors, managed competition relies on a sufficient price …

In this article, the associations among individual socio-economic characteristics, the
institutional set-up of health care systems, and satisfaction with the health care system are …