Longevity expectations (LE) are subjective assessments of future health status that can influence a number of … individual health protective decisions. This is especially true during a pandemic such as COVID-19, as the risk of ill health … on protective health behaviours and a number of decisions around access to health care, using data from the Survey of …

This paper analyses the relationship between locus of control (LOC) and the demand for supplementary health insurance … take up supplementary private health insurance (SUPP). The increase in the probability to have a SUPP due to one standard … find that the positive association between self-reported health and SUPP becomes small and insignificant when we control …

Uniform health care delivered by a mainstream public insurer - such as the National Health Service (NHS), seldom … satisfies heterogeneous demands for care, and some unsatisfied share of the population either use private health care, or … purchase private insurance (PHI). One potential mechanism to partially satisfy heterogeneous preferences for health care, and …