Complementary health insurance in France Who pays? Why? Who will suffer from public disengagement?

Health Policy

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 166-182

  Saliba, Bérengère ^a,b   Ventelou, Bruno ^a,b,c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Complementary health insurance decision; Employer provided coverage; Individually purchased coverage; Logistic regression; Quality of coverage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE SELECTION BIAS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947377942     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2006.05.017     Document Type: Article

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