Supplemental health insurance and equality of access in Belgium

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-395

  Schokkaert, Erik ^a,b   Van Ourti, Tom ^c,d   De Graeve, Diana ^e   Lecluyse, Ann ^e   Van De Voorde, Carine ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Equality of access; Healthcare use; Hospital spells; Moral hazard; Supplemental insurance

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLADDER DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SINUSITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THYROID DISEASE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949689197     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1478     Document Type: Review

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