The influence of supplementary health insurance on switching behaviour: Evidence from swiss data

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1339-1356

  Dormont, Brigitte ^a,b,c   Geoffard, Pierre Yves ^a,d   Lamiraud, Karine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Competition in health insurance; Premium convergence; Supplementary insurance; Switching behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL INSURANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350778533     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1441     Document Type: Article

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