Can a mixed health care system be desirable on equity grounds?

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Marchand, Maurice ^a   Schroyen, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health insurance; National Health Service; Private health care; Sickness insurance; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; WELFARE PROVISION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17844397472     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2005.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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