TY - JOUR
T1 - Universal public health insurance and private coverage
T2 - Externalities in health care consumption
AU - Glied, Sherry
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Inequality in access to health care services, through private purchase, appears to pose policy challenges greater than inequality in other spheres. This paper explores how inequality in access to health care services relates to social welfare. I examine the sources of private demand for health insurance and the ramifications of this demand for health, for patterns of government spending on health care services, and for individual and social well-being. Finally, I consider a novel policy approach to addressing the externalities of health service consumption.
AB - Inequality in access to health care services, through private purchase, appears to pose policy challenges greater than inequality in other spheres. This paper explores how inequality in access to health care services relates to social welfare. I examine the sources of private demand for health insurance and the ramifications of this demand for health, for patterns of government spending on health care services, and for individual and social well-being. Finally, I consider a novel policy approach to addressing the externalities of health service consumption.
KW - Equity
KW - Health care financing
KW - Private health insurance
KW - Public choice theory
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U2 - 10.3138/cpp.34.3.345
DO - 10.3138/cpp.34.3.345
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65549160136
SN - 0317-0861
VL - 34
SP - 345
EP - 357
JO - Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques
JF - Canadian Public Policy/ Analyse de Politiques
IS - 3
ER -