Changes in the demand for private medical insurance following a shift in tax incentives

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-202

  Rodríguez, Marisol ^a,b   Stoyanova, Alexandrina ^a,c  

^a Centre de Recerca en Economia del Benestar (CREB)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Private health insurance; Spain; Tax reform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TAX;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; TAXES;

EID: 39449116357     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1248     Document Type: Article

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